Edith K. Shelton Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
This photograph collection consists of 2,174 prints and 3,016 35mm slides depicting views of Richmond, Virginia, by Edith Keesee Shelton.
Georeferencing Progress
47.4% complete (20 skipped)Georeferenced Images Map
Images
Soldiers Home Chapel
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing Soldiers Home Chapel with cannons and benches in park ground in foreground, and trees throughout; "G7-1 / Solders …
![Soldiers Home Chapel [Confederate Memorial Chapel]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/2871/1/thumbnail.webp)
Soldiers Home Chapel [Confederate Memorial Chapel]
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of Soldiers Home Chapel with cannons in park ground in foreground, and trees throughout; "G7-2 / Soldiers Home / Chapel" w…
Soldiers Home Museum (Robinson House)
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of Soldiers Home Museum with cannons in park ground before house; trees in foreground; "E1-4 / Soldiers Home / museum / (R…
![Museum Soldiers Home [Robinson House]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/2874/1/thumbnail.webp)
Museum Soldiers Home [Robinson House]
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing front of Soldiers Home Museum with sign reading "R. E. Lee Camp / Soldiers Home" above entrance; small cannon in y…
Museum Soldiers Home (Old Robinson House)
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing front of Soldiers Home Museum with sign reading "R. E. Lee Camp / Soldiers Home" above entrance; small cannon in y…
Cary St. Road - N. Side
4/1953
Black and white photographic print; "84-2 / Apr. 1953 / Cary St. Road - N. side" written on reverse; image showing yard with large tree at center; ho…
![Museum Soldiers Home [Robinson House]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/2877/1/thumbnail.webp)
Museum Soldiers Home [Robinson House]
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing front façade of Soldiers Home Museum with sign above door reading "R. E. Lee Camp / Soldiers Home"; yard in foregr…
![Soldiers Home Museum [Robinson House]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/2880/1/thumbnail.webp)
Soldiers Home Museum [Robinson House]
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing pathway in foreground, leading to Soldiers Home Monument in the distance; trees across park ground at right and le…
Soldiers Home Museum (East Side)
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing east side of Soldiers Home Museum with cannons before house; trees throughout yard; "G7-5 / Soldiers Home / Museum…
Fountain, Soldiers Home
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing Soldiers Home Fountain, enclosed by iron fence; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in background; "e4-3 / Fountain / Sol…
Soldiers Home Fountain
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing close-up of Soldiers Home Fountain, enclosed by iron fence; trees across park in background; "G7-6 / Soldiers Home…
Soldiers Home Fountain
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of Soldiers Home Fountain in foreground, enclosed by iron fence; park grounds, covered with trees, in background; "G7-9 / …
Soldiers Home, Well House
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of well house on Soldiers Home park with trees and bushes throughout; "E1-5 / Soldiers Home / Well house / Also 5x7" writt…
Catherine St.
Circa 1940
Black and white photographic print; "D3-1 / Catherine St." written on reverse; image showing frame houses on Catherine Street in Jackson Ward; dimin…
Soldiers Home Grounds
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of Soldiers Home grounds with well house at center; trees and bushes across park; "G8-1 / Soldiers Home / well house" writ…
Soldiers Home Grounds
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing the grounds of Soldiers Home with well house at center and trees throughout; Soldiers Home Museum in background; "…
Soldiers Home Grounds
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of squirrel at base of tree on Soldiers Home Grounds with tree and buildings in background; "e4-6 / Grounds / Soldiers Hom…
Soldiers Home Grounds
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing grounds of Soldiers Home with benches sitting before tree at center; Soldiers Home Chapel in background at right w…
Soldiers Home Grounds
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing tree on Soldiers Home grounds; "Soldiers Home" written at bottom; "e4-8 / Grounds / Soldiers Home" written on reve…
Tredegar Iron Works, From Gamble's Hill
1945
Black and white photograph (June 1976) showing Tredegar Iron Works, taken from Gamble's Hill; "e5-1 / Tredegar Iron Works / from Gamble's Hill" writt…
500 Catherine St., Corner Henry St.
2/1953
Black and white photographic print; "92-8 / Feb. 1953 / 500 Catherine St. / corner Henry St." written on reverse; image showing three-story frame hou…
Tredegar and Canal from Gamble's Hill
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of Tredegar Iron Works and canal, taken from Gamble's Hill; Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --G…
![Valentine Museum [Fountain]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/2910/1/thumbnail.webp)
Valentine Museum [Fountain]
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing fountain in the garden of the Valentine Museum with trees and plants in background; "B1-7 / Valentine Museum / Fou…
Valentine Museum Fountain
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph showing close-up of Valentine Museum fountain with trees and gate in background; "B1-7 / Valentine Museum / Fountain / Als…