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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Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing the Power Brake Service building at 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; brick industrial building. Geo…
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing a group of men working at Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; four unidentified me…
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing a pair of men working at Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; the unidentified men …
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; large open room with suppl…
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; man in coveralls loads sup…
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; men in coveralls work at m…
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; men in coveralls work on a…
Power Brake Service
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of Power Brake Service, 2916 W. Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia; men in coveralls work at m…
Levenson's
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing Levenson's cigar shop and luncheonette at 908-910 E. Main Street in the Financial District of Richmond, Virginia; …
Sanitary Grocery Store
Circa 1940
Black and white photograph showing an interior view of the former warehouse and offices of the Sanitary Grocery Company in the Scott's Addition area …
Safeway
Circa 1944
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image, ca. 1944) showing the Safeway grocery warehouse at Norfolk Street and Summit Avenue in Richmond, Vir…
Safeway
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image, ca. 1944) showing an interior view of the Safeway grocery warehouse at Norfolk Street and Summit Ave…
Safeway
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image, ca. 1944) the Safeway grocery warehouse at Norfolk Street and Summit Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; f…
Safeway
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image, ca. 1944) showing an empty warehouse and offices at the Safeway grocery warehouse at Norfolk Street …
Safeway
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image, ca. 1944) showing a warehouse partially filled with boxes at the Safeway grocery warehouse at Norfol…
Safeway
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image, ca. 1944) showing machinery in a warehouse at the Safeway grocery warehouse at Norfolk Street and Su…
Charles Haase & Sons
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph (of an earlier image) showing an interior view of a showroom at Charles Haase & Sons, furriers; 119 W. Broad Street in Ric…
Montague Manufacturing Company
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing the Montague Manufacturing Company building at 3510 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; multi-story brick wareh…
Montague Manufacturing Company
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph of 3510 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; three-story, brick building with "Montague Manufacturing Co." painted above…
Southern States Cooperative
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of four-story, large, brick building at 2600 Durham Street in Richmond, Virginia; trucks parked at building; "Southern Sta…
Southern States Cooperative
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of the Southern States Cooperative building at 2600 Durham Street in Richmond, Virginia; large, five-story brick building;…
Interior of Southern States Cooperative
Circa 1945
Black and white photograph of the interior of Southern States Cooperative at 2600 Durham Street in Richmond, Virginia; two men work behind store coun…
E. Broad Street
Circa 1935
Black and white photograph showing the buildings at 19-21 E. Broad Street (south side) in downtown Richmond, Virginia; Horace S. W. Wright Company st…
Montague Manufacturing Company
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph showing a side view of the Montague Manufacturing Company building at 3510 W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; multi-st…