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Riverside from Mt. Rubidoux
Riverside from Mt. Rubidoux
Riverside from Mt. Rubidoux

Library of Congress · Panoramic Photographs

Anonymous user(s) georeferenced 3 images
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901 N. 2nd Street at Baker Street 800 N. 2nd Street at Duval Street N. E. Brook Avenue and Duval
901 N. 2nd Street at Baker Street
901 N. 2nd Street at Baker Street

The Valentine · Edith K. Shelton Photograph Collection

800 N. 2nd Street at Duval Street
800 N. 2nd Street at Duval Street

The Valentine · Edith K. Shelton Photograph Collection

N. E. Brook Avenue and Duval
N. E. Brook Avenue and Duval

The Valentine · Edith K. Shelton Photograph Collection

John Pole georeferenced 14 images
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1200 E. Cary St. Not open now, not ever Fire on N. 23rd Street Elm Tree Row Elm Tree Row
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1200 E. Cary St.
1200 E. Cary St.

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection

Not open now, not ever
Not open now, not ever

Flickr · Ronnie Pitman

Fire on N. 23rd Street
Fire on N. 23rd Street

The Valentine · Finnegan Photograph Collection

Elm Tree Row
Elm Tree Row

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection

Elm Tree Row
Elm Tree Row

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection

219 N. 19th St.
219 N. 19th St.

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection

14th St. + Cary St.
14th St. + Cary St.

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection

Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt

The Valentine · Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection

[Archived 3 binder. No title on slide.]
[Archived 3 binder. No title on slide.]

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection

"When you enter the market from the Faneuil Hall end the Coffee Connection is on the immediate left." - New York Times, June 3, 1981

3901 Hermitage Rd.
3901 Hermitage Rd.

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection

[Fire at Dixie Portland Flour Mills]
[Fire at Dixie Portland Flour Mills]

The Valentine · Finnegan Photograph Collection

Rocks-Belle Isle
Rocks-Belle Isle

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection

This is at least representative of where this picture could be, without being able to identify the specific rock (or even side of the island)

Canal Park, Looking East
Canal Park, Looking East

The Valentine · Edith K. Shelton Photograph Collection

Pilot Methane Gas Project
Pilot Methane Gas Project

The Valentine · Finnegan Photograph Collection

Whitcomb Court area, with woods behind, but not a whole lot else to go off of

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General view with Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.
General view with Capitol Square, Richmond, Va. · Library of Congress
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