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Charlottesville

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 38 01 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 38.0167 decimal degrees Long: 078 28 00 W degrees minutes Long: -78.4667 decimal degrees

Note: At foot of Blue Ridge Mountains; courthouse seat of Abermale county 1761; notable in 19th cen. as tobacco trade center & as home of presidents Jefferson & Monroe & explorers Lewis & Clark; nearby are Jefferson's home Monticello & Monroe's home Ash Lawn.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Georgia O'Keeffe at University of Virginia, postcard, 1915

 Item — Oversize 2
Identifier: 2006.6.713
Overview

The photograph reproduced on this postcard comes from the Holsinger Studio Collection, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, University of Virginia Library. Georgia O'Keeffe sat for a portrait with Mr. Holsinger in 1915 while at the University of Virginia. Postcard printer and date is unknown.

Dates: 1915

Library, University of Virginia, postcard, undated

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: 2006.6.297
Overview

Postcard depicting the campus at University of Virginia with the library in the distance.

Dates: undated

University of Virginia, postcard, undated

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: 2006.6.296
Overview

Postcard depicting the campus at University of Virginia.

Dates: undated