Tonight I will share a few pictures and postcards from the Alexander Campbell Mansion in Bethany, West Virginia.
The postcards date from the Linen Era when postcards had a high rag content and a linen like finish. The cards were also very colorful due to the dyes they used at the time.
The postcards are most likely from the 30’s or 40’s as the Linen Era came to an end in the mid 40’s. The back of the cards have space for a one cent stamp so would definitely have been printed before 1952.
Here is the study used by Alexander Campbell at Bethany. It was built in 1836.
The postcards were also with a set of photographs that were taken when Donald G. Hunt and his family visited the site. Brother Hunt was on the faculty of Midwestern School of Evangelism where three generations of my family were students.
Here is Donald G. Hunt standing in front of the Campbell study with his two eldest sons. Based on how old the two sons look, this must have been in about 1953 or 1954.
Here is the postcard showing the Campbell mansion.
The picture is from a different angle, but you can tell that it is the same building. I like the colorful postcard much better.
There are some more pictures and postcards in the set, but I will save them for another post. I also plan on using some of them in posts about Restoration Movement History. I just need to do a lot more research first.
Steven
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