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Greetings from West Virginia
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- West Virginia
- Category
- Old West Virginia
- Format
- Postcard
The state capitol and a cluster of flowers frame the large letters. Small town and landscape views inside them give the statewide greeting several points of interest.
West Virginia entered the Union on June 20, 1863, during the Civil War. The capitol shown on the card belongs to the later history of a state whose creation grew out of the wartime split with Virginia.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- West Virginia Statehood, June 20, 1863 | National Archives