Gordon E. Strause Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
The collection was compiled by Gordon E. Strause, of Richmond, Virginia. He was the son of Isadore Strause (Richmond) and Ada Eisfeld Strause Nelson (Des Moines, Iowa); Isadore Strause died in 1916 and Ada married Leon M. Nelson, Sr., a widower from Richmond, Virginia with two sons, Leon M. Nelson, Jr. and Nathan H. Nelson in 1917. Ada, Isadore and Leon all came from Jewish German-American families. Gordon E. Strause was involved in Richmond commercial real estate and founded his own firm, Gordon E. Strause, Inc. He worked primarily with properties on the Broad and Grace Street retail corridor.
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F. W. Dabney and Company
Circa 1940
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of the F. W. Dabney Shoe Store at 431-433 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geogra…
A. S. Beck Shoes
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of the A. S. Beck Shoe Store at 431-433 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geograph…
A. S. Beck Shoes
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of the A. S. Beck Shoe Store at 431-433 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geograph…
201-205 W. Broad Street
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph of building at 201-205 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia (formerly J. B. Mosby Company department store); six-story bu…
14 E. Broad Street
Circa 1935
Black and white photograph of E. Broad St. building facades in downtown Richmond, Virginia; 14 E. Broad Street at center; three-story building with w…
201 E. Broad Street
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image) showing a building at 201 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; multi-story brick building…
707 E. Broad Street
Circa 1940
Black and white photograph of E. Broad Street building facades, between 7th and 8th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; four-story brick building…
Large Factory Building
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of large, four-story brick building with two-story wing at proper right; smoke billows in background; road with tracks in …
Service Station
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of "Harvey System" service station on Broad Street at Monroe Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; fuel pu…
Cavalier Skating Rink
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of the Cavalier Skating Rink at MacTavish Avenue and Marshall Street in the Scott's Addition area of Richmond, Virginia; v…