Vintage Postcard General Lee Study Mansion Painting Ruth Perkins Safford Art

This postcard depicts the interior study of the historic Lee Mansion, universally known today as Arlington House, located within Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The room served as the personal workspace of Confederate General Robert E. Lee before the onset of the American Civil War.

It serves as an excellent mid-20th-century piece of historic preservation ephemera, chronicling how the home was memorialized and curated following its transfer to the National Park Service.