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Miss Jones Returns?
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/11/1974
Black and white photograph of numerous people waiting outside in long line to see "The Devil & Miss Jones" at the Biograph Theater; theater marquee r…
![[Long Line Outside the Empire Theatre]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9333/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Long Line Outside the Empire Theatre]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/28/1979
Black and white photograph of a long line of people waiting to see the play “I Have a Dream” at the Empire Theatre on Broad Street in downtown Richmo…
![[People Wait Outside the Empire Theatre]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9334/1/thumbnail.webp)
[People Wait Outside the Empire Theatre]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/28/1979
Black and white photograph of numerous people waiting in line outside the Empire Theatre on Broad Street in downtown Richmond; people stand with thei…
The Mosque Is a What?
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/29/1981
Black and white close-up photograph of the Richmond Mosque; marquee on building reads "WHOREHOUSE," announcing the Mosque's opening production of "Th…
![[Woman Stands Outside Performing Arts Center]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9336/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Woman Stands Outside Performing Arts Center]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/12/1983
Black and white photograph of a woman standing outside a storefront; sign behind fence reads "Performing / Arts Center." Inscription: Stamped __Blac…
Stage Struck
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/11/1974
Black and white photograph of Muriel McAuley (left), Mrs. Marshall Murdough (right foreground) and two other people removing nails from wood to be sa…
Colonial Virginia Revisited
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/20/1971
Black and white photograph of actors performing in reenactment of the first Thanksgiving at Berkeley Hundred [Plantation] in 1619; ship prop in backg…
Ben Franklin Invites His Old Friends to Look Arou…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/3/1975
Black and white photograph of an actor playing the role of Ben Franklin in performance at the First & Merchants Plaza in downtown Richmond; he wears …
About 500 Persons Give Standing Ovation to Perfor…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/8/1975
Black and white photograph of people giving standing ovation to performers; people stand outside at First & Merchants Plaza; two actors at center; on…
Raking Instead of Burning
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/13/1981
Black and white photograph of Glenn Howe, Patrick Paczowski, Jeffrey Paczowski, and Ben Armstrong raking leaves and loading them into back of truck; …
![[House Under Construction on Smoketree Drive]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9342/1/thumbnail.webp)
[House Under Construction on Smoketree Drive]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/2/1979
Black and white photograph of two men working on construction of house on Smoketree Drive in Chesterfield County; other houses in background. Inscri…
This water storage tank, located off Elkhart Road…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/13/1974
Black and white photograph of a water tower located off Elkhart Road in Chesterfield County; local residents opposed the erection of a similar tower …
Oh, Haze, Can't You See?
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/16/1979
Black and white photograph of a man and woman standing at the top of Church Hill and looking out at the downtown Richmond skyline; woman holds her ha…
![[Group Tours Restoration Project in Church Hill]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9345/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Group Tours Restoration Project in Church Hill]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/29/1972
Black and white photograph of a group of young men and women walking on street in Church Hill; group toured a restoration project in the neighborhood…
$250,000 contemporary cedar, stone house is under…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/10/1983
Black and white photograph of a $250,000 cedar and stone house under construction in the Dorset Woods neighborhood; men work on applying wood siding …
Damaged and Undamaged Granite Curbing on Nicholso…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/24/1974
Black and white photograph of curbing in the Fulton neighborhood; area is overgrown with weeds; abandoned houses in background. Inscription: Stamped…
Medium-priced houses, like these in Walton Park, …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/9/1983
Black and white photograph of houses under construction in Walton Park neighborhood in Midlothian (Chesterfield County); strips of wood and various o…
![Coal on the cheep [sic]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9349/1/thumbnail.webp)
Coal on the cheep [sic]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/26/1983
Black and white photograph of numerous pigeons perched on a coal tower in Fulton. Inscription: Stamped __Black "Property of The Richmond Times-Dispa…
Outside Meeting
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/17/1980
Black and white photograph of former Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (right) sitting outside with other men (including Gerald Ford); they all …
![[Ceremony at Monument for the Confederate Dead]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9351/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Ceremony at Monument for the Confederate Dead]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/25/1981
Black and white photograph of people gathered for Memorial Day ceremony at monument for the Confederate dead at Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery…
![[Joan Bowman and Robert Mortes Participate in Reenactment]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9352/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Joan Bowman and Robert Mortes Participate in Ree…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/8/1981
Black and white photograph of Joan Bowman, of Louisa, and Robert C. Mortes, of Chesterfield County, participating in Civil War reenactment; they both…
![[Old Time Cooking]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9353/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Old Time Cooking]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/8/1981
Black and white photograph of (left to right) Peter Kingsley, Katie Bowles, and Hazel Young participating in Civil War reenactment; they stand at fir…
![[First Virginia Regiment Reenactment]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9354/1/thumbnail.webp)
[First Virginia Regiment Reenactment]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/8/1981
Black and white photograph of people participating in a Civil War reenactment; cannon fired; smoke fills air. Inscription: Stamped __Black "Property…
![[First Virginia Regiment Reenactors]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9355/1/thumbnail.webp)
[First Virginia Regiment Reenactors]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/9/1981
Black and white photograph of men participating in a Civil War reenactment; they all wear uniforms of the First Virginia Regiment; Bill Tolbut stands…