Mary Wingfield Scott Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
This collection consists of 972 35mm slides, 99 lantern slides from older images, and 49 black and white photographs depicting demolished and extant private homes and buildings in Richmond, Virginia and surrounding counties. Many of the images were featured in Scott's books, Houses of Old Richmond (1941) and Old Richmond Neighborhoods (1950).
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Images
Caskie House
1941-1949
Color slide showing a detail view of the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie (William Wirt) House at 2 N. 5th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of Main Str…
Iron Fence
Circa 1950
Color slide showing an elaborate iron gate and fence in front of an unidentified brick house; likely in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: …
E. Clay Street Porch
12/1962
Color slide showing a row of brick houses with painted cast iron front porches on E. Clay Street; likely in the Jackson Ward area of Richmond, Virgin…
W. Clay Street
1950-1955
Color slide showing brick town houses; likely on W. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Clay Street (Richmond…
710 W. Clay Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing a painted brick house at 710 W. Clay Street in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; picket fence surrounds yard. Geogr…
700 Block, W. Clay Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing a row of frame and brick houses on the 700 block of W. Clay Street in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; cobblestone …
Iron Porch
1950-1955
Color slide showing a two-story brick town house with raised basement and painted ironwork porch; likely on Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia. Geogr…
W. Clay Street
1950-1955
Color slide showing a row of brick houses on W. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Clay Street (Richmond, Va…
W. Clay Street
1950-1955
Color slide showing a row of brick town homes along W. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; likely in the Carver or Jackson Ward neighborhood. Geograp…
W. Clay Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing a two-story brick town house with ironwork porch of W. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; likely in the Carver or Jackson Ward ne…
Elm Tree
Circa 1950
Color slide showing a large elm tree between 2nd and 3rd Streets in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Ric…
600 Block of W. Clay Street
1950-1955
Color slide showing the house at 600 W. Clay Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; two-story frame house with a two-story fr…
700 Block of W. Clay Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing the 700 block of W. Clay Street in the Carver area of Richmond, Virginia; two-story brick and frame town houses line the sidewalk…
600-700 Block of W. Clay Street
1950-1955
Color slide showing the 600-700 blocks of W. Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; view looking west (?) from Jackson Ward into the Carver area prior to…
Clay Street Porch
1941-1949
Color slide showing an ironwork porch on a two-story brick house on Clay Street in Richmond, Virginia; likely in the Carver or Jackson Ward. Geograp…
E. Marshall Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing a house at 206 E. Marshall Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; small, two-story brick house set back f…
Rowe House
1941-1949
Color slide showing the Rowe House at 618 Church Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; three-story brick house with two-story…
Church Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing a view along Church Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Oregon…
S. Belvidere Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing the houses at 527-531 S. Belvidere Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; row of three two-story brick hou…
Cary Street
1941-1949
Color slide showing three houses on the 100 block of E. Cary Street between 1st and 2nd Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; pair of two-story bri…
100 Block E. Cary Street
1950-1955
Color slide showing three houses on the 100 block of E. Cary Street between 1st and 2nd Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; pair of two-story bri…
Outbuilding on Foushee
1950-1955
Color slide showing a small brick outbuilding on Foushee Street, likely in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richm…
Demolition of Houses
1950-1955
Color slide showing the demolition of brick houses behind the Jefferson Hotel (Main Street?) in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia. Geograph…
Demolition of Houses
1950-1955
Color slide showing the demolition of brick houses behind the Jefferson Hotel (Main Street?) in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia. Geograph…