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Drawing

Running the Rapids of New River

Date: 02 21 1874
Description: African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat.
Photograph

2nd Wisconsin, Company C

Date: 1862
Description: Non-commissioned officers of Company C of the 2nd Wisconsin. From left to right they are W.S. Rouse, R. Ash, G.E. Smith, N.H. Whittemore, O.F. Crary, and J...
Photograph

Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
Poster

Virginia Historical Pageant

Date: 1922
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Virginia Historical Pageant, held in Richmond, VA, May 22-28, 1922. Featuring the Henry Day Lowry Metropolit...
Photograph

Women and Children at Play

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Description: Women and children play on the lawn in front of the cabins of Rockbridge Alum Springs, a camp for children. The children and adults are holding hands in a ...
Photograph

Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of women wearing uniforms of knee-length skirts and dark tights taking to the field to play a game of field hockey at Hampton Institute. Spec...
Photograph

The Croasdale Manor Lawn and Swimming Pool

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Description: View of the Croasdale Manor lawn and swimming pool. People sit in chairs on the lawn and by the swimming pool. A bench stands on the left side of the lawn ...
Photograph

Hotel Alphin

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Description: Deer and a variety of other game are strung from a tree in a hunting camp at Hotel Alphin. An open tent stands to the right.
Photograph

Liberty Heights Swimming Pool

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Description: Elevated view of the exterior of Liberty Heights Swimming Pool, a circular structure standing on a hilltop. Stairs lead to a door labeled, "Exit," where a ...
Photograph

Two-Lane Bowling Alley at Old-Point-Comfort College

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Description: View of a two-lane bowling alley surrounded by brick walls and windows at Old-Point-Comfort College.
Photograph

Playing Baseball at Old-Point-Comfort College

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Description: Men play baseball on the campus of Old-Point-Comfort College.
Photograph

Valley Scene

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Description: Valley view from Skyline Drive. Four people on horseback look down upon the farmland of the valley from a rocky ledge.
Photograph

Country Road Intersection

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Description: View of an intersection of two dirt roads, East Market Street and Lafayette Street. A man, horseback, can be seen on the left, while two people walk past ...
Photograph

Pearl Miner with Bicycle

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Pearl Miner standing in front of a painted backdrop holding a bicycle. She is wearing a dark dress and hat, and is standing ...
Postcard

Cement Driveway at Walnut Grove

Date: 07 15 1909
Description: Postcard of the new cement driveway. The corner of the house is in the left foreground, and at the entrance to the drive is a gate and fence. On the right ...

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