In the summer of 1906, someone made a pilgrimage to George Washington's beloved Mount Vernon — and thought enough of it to send this sepia-toned view to a "Mrs." in Poolesville, Maryland, postmarked from Washington, D.C. on August 18th of that year. The card shows the west facade of Mount Vernon's mansion in honest, unembellished black-and-white photography, the colonnaded piazza stretching the length of the house, Adirondack chairs arranged on the lawn, and a figure barely visible beneath the portico — a quiet domestic scene at one of America's most visited historic homes. Printed by the Illustrated Post Card Co. of New York (plate 17) and mailed during the golden age of American deltiology, this card carries a stamp that has been partially removed, though the American eagle and shield emblem on the back and the Washington, D.C. machine cancel of August 18, 1906 survive intact, grounding this small rectangle of card stock firmly in the Edwardian era.