Virginia Street at Byrd Street (Lady Byrd Hat Factory)
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Edith K. Shelton Photograph Collection
Date:
3/1971
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:
35mm color slide of Virginia and Byrd Streets, in downtown Richmond; image shows a large brick commercial building; home of the Lady Byrd Hat Factory; Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Virginia Street (Richmond, Va.) --Byrd Street (Richmond, Va.)
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By:
watthamlett
Date:
Mar 11, 2026
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2 submissions
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Georeferenced by jacobwhall
Sep 22, 2025 11:00 PM
37.533405, -77.433533
341°
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I believe this building is marked as "Etchison Hat Co. Inc." in the 1952 Sanborn. Today, the downtown expressway runs over where this building once stood.

Georeferenced by watthamlett Current
Mar 11, 2026 10:12 PM
37.533122, -77.433744
343°
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