Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
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This collection contains photographs used by Richmond Newspapers, Inc. in their publications, The Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Richmond News Leader; most images pertain to events taking place in and around Richmond, Virginia.
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Images
Off With The Top
7/21/1952
Black and white film negative of the 115-year old house at the southwest corner of Franklin and First Streets in Richmond, Virginia; the mansard roof…
Belvidere Area Panorama
6/14/1951
Black and white aerial photograph of Franklin Street near Belvidere Stret; the Prestwould and Monroe Park (with some damage from the tornado of 1951)…
Steel Overhead
2/26/1958
Black and white photograph of construction of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike; image shows a bridge being built; cement supports are complete; metal…
St. Paul's Closed for Renovations
2/4/1949
Black and white photograph of the exterior of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows the front of the church; iron g…
Crank'er, Maggie, the Customers Are Waitin'
10/15/1957
Black and white photograph of an antique, 1927, Model T oil truck; a woman (Mrs. Margaret Long of Esso Standard Oil Co.) in a coat and white gloves "…
Flooded Back Yard in the 6300 Block Morningside D…
Circa 1958
Black and white photograph of the back yards of several houses; the yards are filled with water; only the tips of grass are visible; this took place …
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
1957
Black and white photograph of the exterior of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Boulevard and Grove Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the fro…
Pre-Inaugural Scene at State Capitol
1/5/1958
Black and white photograph of workmen laying steel foundation for bleachers; the bleachers are being erected across the small road from the Virginia …
Grace Arents Garden Club Prizewinner
12/26/1957
Black and white photograph of the exterior of a house decorated for Christmas; the house is brick with white wooden trim; the decorations on the porc…
Construction Work on Patterson Ave. West of Three…
10/17/1959
Black and white photograph of road construction on Patterson Avenue west of Three Chopt Road in Henrico County, Virginia; image shows construction eq…
Coming Down After 79 Years
9/23/1959
Black and white photograph showing the exterior of True Reformers Hall on N. 2nd Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; multi…
Christmas Preparation
12/15/1958
Black and white photograph of three young men standing on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; a large Christmas tree is on…
House Where Man Died in Fire
Circa 1961
Black and white photograph of a rooming house at 115 West 12th Street in the Manchester area of Richmond, Virginia, where Lexie Parrish died as the r…
New Hanover-Henrico Bridge on Creighton Rd., Wher…
3/31/1960
Black and white photograph of new bridge construction on Creighton Road near the Hanover County-Henrico County, Virginia line; the bridges run throug…
Parade Though Capitol Square
1/16/1962
Black and white photograph of the Virginia Army [National] Guard parading through Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia; the marchers wind past the ba…
Tree Frames Garden at 2103 Stuart Ave.
4/15/1963
Black and white photograph of the Fan District garden of Mrs. E. C. Boudar; the garden features a fence-topped brick wall; ivy has been trained to gr…
2025 Hanover Avenue
12/20/1961
Black and white photograph of the exterior of the brick row house at 2025 Hanover Avenue in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; the old wooden po…
Fire at 413 North 33rd Street
12/28/1961
Black and white photograph of the 400 block of 33rd Street in Richmond, Virginia; firefighters are fighting a fire in the frame house at number 413; …
John Powell at 106 N. Plum Street
10/29/1962
Black and white photograph of a group of people standing at the doorway of 106 N. Plum Street in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; the brick ho…
Bulls Put Out to Pasture
7/23/1964
Black and white photograph of workers removing one of 41 bull heads from the old city police lockup to prepare the building for demolition; the bulls…
This Three-Story House At 1715 Grove Ave. Was Sce…
4/2/1964
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a house fire at 1715 Grove Avenue in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; image shows hoses on the …
Former YWCA Is Coming Down
9/3/1964
Black and white photograph of the Walford building at Third and Main Streets in Richmond, Virginia; once the Guerrant Hotel (1906-1918) and more rece…
Getting a Campaign Going
4/4/1964
Black and white photo of two African American boys in front of wooden row houses in Richmond, Virginia; boys are wearing sign boards and standing on …
Brakes on Cement Mixer Apparently Failed As It Tr…
9/23/1965
Black and white photograph of a Richmond Ready-Mix Corporation cement mixer that has run off the road and onto the sidewalk in front of Johnson's Tir…