Richmond Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
This collection contains primarily black and white photographs related to business and social activities in Richmond, Virginia; includes numerous photographs of prominent Richmond businessmen of the mid-20th century.
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Dixie-Portland Flour Mills Grain Elevator
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph of a drawing for the grain elevator of the Dixie-Portland Flour Mills; image shows a sketch of the tall, nearly windowless…
Crenshaw Corporation Building
1958
Black and white photograph of a new Crenshaw Corporation building at 1700 Ninth Street Road (Commerce Road) in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a bric…
Virginia Department of Highways Building
Circa 1944
Black and white photograph of the Virginia Department of Highways building at 1401 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a larg…
Virginia Department of Highways Building
Circa 1944
Black and white photograph of the Virginia Department of Highways building at 1401 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a larg…
Grace Hospital
Circa 1925
Black and white photograph of Grace Hospital at 401 W. Grace Street (corner of Monroe Street) in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a four story Colonia…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
Circa 1925
Black and white photograph of Johnston-Willis Hospital at 2900 Kensington Avenue (between N. Sheppard Street and N. Colonial Avenue) in Richmond, Vir…
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Circa 1940
Black and white photograph of St. Elizabeth Hospital at 617 W. Grace Street near Belvidere Street in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; image sh…
Lobby - John Marshall Hotel
Circa 1940
Black and white photograph of the lobby at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large room with patterned carpet and black an…
Virginia State Library
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph of the Virginia State Library on Broad Street near Capitol Square in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-story …
Virginia State Library
Circa 1960
Black and white photograph of the Virginia State Library on Broad Street near Capitol Square in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-story …
State Library of Virginia
5/1970
Black and white photograph of the State Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large rectangular building on Broad Street at the ed…
Cary Court Shopping Center
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of the Cary Court Shopping Center in the 3100 block of Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a low shopping cente…
Willow Lawn Shopping Center
1967
Black and white photograph of the northeast corner of the Willow Lawn Shopping Center in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows Willow Lawn Cleaners, …
Confederate Memorial Institute
Circa 1950
Black and white photograph of the exterior of the "Battle Abbey," the Confederate Memorial to the Lost Cause on the Boulevard (now the Virginia Histo…
Madison Building
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph of the Madison Building, a Virginia state office building at 101 [Old] North 14th Street (Governor Street) in downtown Ric…
Blanton Building
Circa 1962
Black and white photograph of the Blanton (now Jefferson) Building, a Virginia state office building at 12th and Bank Streets in downtown Richmond, V…
Office Building
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph of an architect's rendering of an office building to be built by the Life Insurance Company of Virginia at 9th and Capito…
Ross Building
1/1965
Black and white photograph of the Ross Building under construction in downtown Richmond; image shows a tall building with numerous windows rising up …
Ross Building
1/1965
Black and white photograph of the Ross Building under construction in downtown Richmond; image shows a tall building with numerous windows rising up …
VEPCO Building
Circa 1954
Black and white photograph of the Virginia Electric and Power (VEPCO) building at 7th and Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image show…
Davenport Building
Circa 1975
Black and white photograph of the Davenport Building at the corner of 10th and Cary Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; large industrial-style bu…
Nick's House of Steaks
Circa 1965
Black and white photograph of Nick's House of Steaks on Staples Mill Road near W. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a modern, one-story…
City Hall Construction
5/1970
Black and white photograph of the new Richmond City Hall, Richmond, Virginia, under construction; image shows the tall building nearly completed; sca…
Deepwater Terminal
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph of activity at Richmond Deepwater Terminal in Richmond, Virginia; image shows two men on docks while a load of large bags …