- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Natural Bridge, VA., Looking Up Stream
- Creator:
- Detroit Publishing Co.(Detroit, Mich.)
- Publisher:
- Detroit, Mich.: Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1905
- Subject:
- Natural Bridge (Va.)
Parks--Virginia
Postcards--Virginia - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Rockbridge County, 37.81461, -79.44758
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled – Natural Bridge, Va., Looking up stream. Natural Bridge is a geological formation in Rockbridge County, Virginia, comprising a 215-foot-high natural arch with a span of 90 feet. It is situated within a gorge carved from the surrounding mountainous limestone terrain by Cedar Creek, a small tributary of the James River. Consisting of horizontal limestone strata, Natural Bridge is the remains of the roof of a cave or tunnel through which the Cedar Creek once flowed. Natural Bridge has been designated a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. No descriptive text on reverse. Card number 8529.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz-odom_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-496
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz-odom_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-496#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz-odom_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-496/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
