Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon. |
Date: | 06 1862 |
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Description: | The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment camp outside of Fredericksburg on the east side of the Rappahannock. Fredericksburg and a pontoon bridge lea... |
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Description: | View looking up toward a water works, a dam, and natural falls on the Jackson River with woods in the background. |
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Description: | Portner Tower, a castle-like stone structure overgrown with ivy and in open country. Caption reads: "Portner Tower, Manassas, Va." |
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Description: | View across street toward the Jefferson Davis mansion. Caption reads: "Jefferson Davis Mansion, now Confederate Museum." |
Date: | 1922 |
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Description: | Close-up of a statue of Pocahontas located in the oldtown area of the city. Installed in 1922, and sculpted by William Ordway Partridge, the bronze statue... |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro... |
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Description: | Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t... |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. |
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Description: | Mount Vernon, home to George Washington for over 45 years, was granted to Washington's great grandfather, John Washington, in 1674. The mansion in this ima... |
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Description: | Interior view of Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson. This view of the parlor displays Greek architectural decor and features a chandelier, large mirrors,... |
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Description: | Amateur painting by Eleanor R. Craighill. Representing a woman in an apron and hat polishing(?) a pot in front of the kitchen fireplace in the Governor's P... |
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Description: | Elevated view of a densely settled town in the Shenandoah valley. In the background are the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Caption reads, "Bird's-... |
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Description: | Exterior view of a power house and lumber treating plant. Partly due to the growing lumber industry, East Radford's population grew from 300 in 1880 to 3,0... |
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Description: | Exterior of the Chesapeake Pulp and Paper Mill, founded in 1918. It began operations as a kraft pulp and paper mill, and has expanded to supplying specialt... |
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Description: | A view of antlers on a table and chairs lined up around the meeting hall of the Elks Club, founded in 1868. |
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Description: | A view of casemates, a row of dwellings in a stone wall, in which Jefferson Davis was confined. Trees are in the foreground. |
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Description: | A fence surrounds an old stone house and trees at Bull Run Battlefield. Caption reads: "Stone House, Bull Run Battlefield, Va." |
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