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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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Casemates at Fortress Monroe

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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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St. Johns' Church

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Description: View from cemetery toward the church. The main entrance at the front is below the belfry. A path runs in front of the property. Caption reads: "St. John's ...
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Mary Baldwin Seminary

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Description: View from across a road of a row of buildings of Mary Baldwin Seminary, established in 1842. A stone fence and stairs separate the lawn from the sidewalk. ...
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Busy Main Street Intersection

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Description: View of a crowded intersection at Main Street. Pedestrians stand on the sidewalk and cross the street near carriages. On the left corner stands August Na...
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Busy Main Street

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Description: View of a busy downtown street. Pedestrians gather near Augusta National Bank on the street corner at right.
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Granby Street

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Description: Buildings, pedestrians on Granby Street at an intersection. Electrical street lighting arches above. Virginia National Bank, a Neo-Classical Revival buildi...
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Davis Street

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Description: View down Davis Street, a busy downtown area, looking East. Crowds stand on both sides of the road near storefronts.
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King Street, Leesburg, Virginia

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Description: View down King Street featuring automobiles parked outside storefronts.
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Commercial Main Street

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Description: View down a commercial main street lined with trees and parked cars.
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Main Street

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Description: A posed group of townspeople stand outside storefronts on Main Street.
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Washington's Headquarters

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Description: View of Washington's Headquarters, a small colonial home located on Loudon Street.
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Stuart Hall

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Description: View of Stuart Hall, a residential mansion used as the Virginia Female Institute. Chartered on January 13, 1744, the school is the state's oldest college p...
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Mason Street

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Description: View down Mason Street featuring Trinity Methodist Church at the Cedar Street intersection. The Gothic structure was built in 1898. Published by Parish &...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, lined with residences.
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Residential Area

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Description: View down an unpaved street lined with homes.
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President Monroe's Law Office

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Description: Exterior view of President Monroe's Law Office. Sign near entrance reads, "President of the United States and Author of the Monroe Doctrine Feb. 6, 1786 -...
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Statue of General Hugh Mercer

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Description: Bronze statue of Hugh Mercer (1726-1777), Physician and Brigadier General of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Mercer died of wound he rec...
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Home of Dudley Digges

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Description: Exterior view of a classic Virgina style colonial home built by Dudley Digges in 1760.
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Brompton

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Description: Exterior view of Brompton, built in 1836 by John Lawrence Marye. The house features a colonnaded porch and central stairway.

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