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1323 E. Cary Street
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
7/1957
35mm color slide of 1323 E. Cary Street, in Shockoe Slip; view of brick buildings and street; building on left side of image with orange sign for "SU…
Richmond, Va., Main St. Station
between 1900 and 1910
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: railroad stations, dry plate negatives, main street station (richmond, va.), richmond, united states, virgi…
Sixth Street Market (typical vegetable men), Rich…
1908?
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, cobblestone streets, vegetables, food vendors, markets, richmond, united states, virg…
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Pre 1893
Glass plate negative showing men working on the construction of the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument on Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia; me…
Reflection of Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Ja…
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
9/1975
35mm color slide of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in the Fan District; image shows the large Italian Renaissance Revival church with domed cente…
![Dock Street at 17th Street, Captain Herbert's [Seafood Boat]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/6751/1/thumbnail.webp)
Dock Street at 17th Street, Captain Herbert's [Se…
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
10/1955
35mm color slide of Dock Street near 17th Street, near Shockoe Bottom; image shows Captain Herbert's Seafood Boat, a barge with one story frame struc…
Main Street, Richmond, Va.
c1905.
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: streets, dry plate negatives, commercial facilities, richmond, street railroads, united states, virginia Lo…
Broad Street, Richmond, Va.
c1905.
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: streets, dry plate negatives, commercial facilities, richmond, street railroads, united states, virginia Lo…
Emancipation Day, Richmond, Va
1905
Photograph shows an Emancipation Day parade on Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. The building in the back is 1000 Main Street. (Source: researcher, 20…
Main Street, Richmond, Virginia
1905?
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: streets, dry plate negatives, commercial facilities, richmond, united states, virginia Locations: united st…
Richmond, Va. Chimneys standing in the burned dis…
1865 April.
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subject…
Richmond, Va. View of city from Belle Isle; gun i…
1865
1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Subje…
Richmond, from Oregon Hill. April, 1865
April 1865
1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 215 x 311 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows bird's-eye view of war damaged Richmond, Virginia. Subjects:…
Ruins of Richmond, Virginia
photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount. | Photograph shows a soldier standing by a pile of cannon barrels and cannon balls with the ruins …
Northeastern suburbs of Richmond, Va., April, 1865
photographed 1865, [printed between 1880 and 1889]
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount. Subjects: history, civil war, richmond, albumen prints, united states, virginia Locations: united states,…
Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865, looking westward
photographed 1865, [printed between 1880 and 1889]
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount. Subjects: aerial views, history, civil war, richmond, albumen prints, united states, virginia Locations: …
E. 12th Street
Joyce H. Sydnor Photograph Co…
Circa 1955
Black and white photograph showing showing E. 12th Street between Cary and Canal Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Ric…
![[Stuart Circle at Dawn]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9884/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Stuart Circle at Dawn]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/24/1988
Black and white photograph of Stuart Circle at Monument Avenue at sunrise; image shows the equestrian statue of J.E.B. Stuart and the roof line of Fi…
![[Cruising the James Near Downtown]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10274/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Cruising the James Near Downtown]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/1/1986
Black and white photograph of the James River Tour boat, the "Virginia" cruising the river near downtown Richmond; a crew member and several passenge…
![[Officer Seawell Helps a Kitten]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/12050/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Officer Seawell Helps a Kitten]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/22/1971
Black and white photograph of Officer Seawell, of the Capitol Police, crouching down and opening a small carton of milk for a kitten near the Virgini…
Willow Seals' dog Henery finds that snowballs are…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/13/1983
Black and white photograph of Willow Seals playing with her dog, Henery, in the snow covered median on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; dog lea…
Moon ball
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/19/1983
Black and white photograph of W. J. Hodges tossing a basketball in the air in Powhatan Park near Fulton Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; Hodges looks at …