Sheppard and Potts Family Photograph Collection
from The Valentine
This collection contains 140 photographs collected by the Sheppard and Potts families; the collection documents parades, an inauguration, a flood, streetscapes, and buildings during the 1910s and 1920s in Richmond, Virginia.
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Images
Main Street Flood
Circa 1915
Black and white photograph of flooded Richmond, Virginia street; likely Main Street; children standing on steps, several children standing in water; …
Main Street Flood
Circa 1915
Black and white photograph of flooded Richmond, Virginia street (Main Street); children standing on steps; two children standing in water; in backgro…
Main Street Flood
Circa 1915
Black and white photograph of flooded Richmond, Virginia street; likely Main Street; people in boats in street; people crowded on steps of unknown bu…
Main Street Flood
Circa 1915
Black and white photograph of flooded Richmond, Virginia streets; building with "Dunlop Mills" on one side; James River in foreground. Geographic De…
Richmond Fair
Circa 1920
Black and white photograph of Ferris wheel at a Richmond, Virginia fair; two girls in white dresses and hats stand in foreground. Geographic Descrip…
Richmond Fair
Circa 1920
Black and white photograph of a Richmond, Virginia fair; railroad tracks in foreground; tents and barn on opposite of railroad tracks; Ferris wheel i…
Richmond Fair
Circa 1920
Black and white photograph of a Richmond, Virginia fair, tents and Ferris wheels in background. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.
Richmond Fair
Circa 1920
Black and white photograph of a Richmond, Virginia fair; group of people around curved fence with rows of cars parked opposite; Ferris wheel and tent…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; depicts cannons in Capitol Square surround…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; two cannons in Capitol Square Park; crowds…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; depicting rows of uniformed men with guns …
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; depicting rows of uniformed men with guns …
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; rows of uniformed men lined up in Capitol …
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; rows of uniformed men lined up in Capitol …
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; rows of uniformed men lined up in Capitol …
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; back view of uniformed men in Capitol Squa…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of inauguration celebration, possibly for Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis; back view of uniformed men in Capitol Squa…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of crowd on steps of Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; audience appears to be reading something; taken at an i…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of crowd in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; horses in foreground; taken at an inauguration celebration, possibly for V…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of crowd in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; horses in foreground; taken at an inauguration celebration possibly for Vi…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of back of a crowd in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia; horse in foreground; flags in background…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of back of a crowd in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia; horse in foreground; flags in background…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of back of a crowd in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia; horse in foreground; flags in background…
Inauguration Celebration
Circa 1918
Black and white photograph of two unidentified women in contemporary dress in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; uniformed men in background; taken…