At Least One Downtown Merchant Didn't Lose His Sense of Humor This Time
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- Source:
- The Valentine
- Collection:
- Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
- Date:
- 10/6/1972
- Region:
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source) - Description:
- Black and white photograph of a store window on E. Main Street between 15th and 20th Streets in Richmond, Virginia; white paint on window reads "NOAH'S, ARK RENTALS / 40 Day Minimum! / Div. Of / Commonwealth Furniture / Services / [frown face]"; street is wet from rain; Cowardin's and Pawn Shop, old Main Street Station in background; likely the scene after flooding in Shockoe Bottom. Inscription: Stamped __Black "Property of The Richmond Times-Dispatch" stamp; black "Oct 6 1972" stamp; black "Gary Burns" stamp; red "Oct 7 1972" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Shockoe Bottom (Richmond, Va.) --Main Street (Richmond, Va.)
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Georeference Details
- By:
- mhpob
- Date:
- Sep 28, 2025
- Total:
- 1 submission
- Confidence:
- Low
- Validations:
- 0
- Notes:
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Doesn't seem to match any current shop faces. Looks to be on the S side of E Main between 19 and 17.
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Sep 28, 2025 8:38 AM
37.532948, -77.427903
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Low Confidence
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Doesn't seem to match any current shop faces. Looks to be on the S side of E Main between 19 and 17.