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Keeping in shape despite the weather
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/21/1983
Black and white photograph of people departing from the Virginia State Capitol to participate in a two-mile run/walk for state workers; first event i…
![[Prison Tour]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9405/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Prison Tour]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/21/1983
Black and white photograph of business people taking a tour of the Virginia State Penitentiary; some of the men stand against cells and look through …
Hospital dedicated at McGuire center
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/26/1983
Black and white photograph of people attending dedication ceremony for the new Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center; presenta…
A line snakes around the Richmond Arena grounds t…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/20/1983
Black and white photograph of people waiting in a long line outside the Richmond Arena; people wait to receive food during distribution; several peop…
![[Apartment Complex Has Small Garden Pool]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9408/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Apartment Complex Has Small Garden Pool]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/20/1983
Black and white photograph of contemporary style condominium/townhouse buildings; in foreground is a small pool, with rocks around its edges; rain is…
![[View of the Fair]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9409/1/thumbnail.webp)
[View of the Fair]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/26/1983
Black and white photograph of the State Fair of Virginia; view from a distance; inflated castle in middleground; Glass House at left; various rides a…
Bookbindery is being renovated
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/12/1983
Black and white photograph of the new entrance to the L. H. Jenkins Company bookbindery; part of renovation of the 1901 building located in 2200 bloc…
Bookbindery is being renovated
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/12/1983
Black and white photograph of a new parking deck being constructed for the L. H. Jenkins Co. bookbindery in the 2200 block W. Broad Street; developer…
![[Flooded Parking Lot at 8th and Canal Streets]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9412/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Flooded Parking Lot at 8th and Canal Streets]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/30/1983
Black and white photograph of a parking lot at 8th and Canal Streets; lot is flooded with rain water; buildings of downtown Richmond in background. …
Washing away a summer's worth of dryness
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/30/1983
Black and white photograph of a man walking through James River Plaza in the rain; he carries umbrella; buildings of downtown Richmond in background.…
This wasn't 'CHiPs'
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/10/1983
Black and white photograph of the Richmond chapter of the Blue Knights, a motorcycle club of police officers, leading a parade of about 150 motorcycl…
![[Blue Knights Deliver Christmas Cheer]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9415/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Blue Knights Deliver Christmas Cheer]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/10/1983
Black and white photograph of M. T. Swift and W. C. Lowe (on motorcycle) giving teddy bear to Mauselen Lasso, an 11-year-old patient at Children's Ho…
Capri is only a memory
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/15/1983
Black and white photograph of the demolition of the Capri Restaurant at 1 E. Grace Street after a fire in July.; the restaurant had been open since 1…
Richmond's Christmas tree arrives
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/29/1983
Black and white photograph of workmen hoisting a 40-foot Christmas tree at 6th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond; tree was supplied by the Centr…
![[Christmas Tree Goes Up at 6th and Grace Streets]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9418/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Christmas Tree Goes Up at 6th and Grace Streets]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/29/1983
Black and white photograph of workmen putting up a 40-foot Christmas tree at 6th and Grace Streets in downtown Richmond; Campe Tree Service vehicle h…
Where's Santa, Mom?
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/30/1983
Black and white photograph of Sandra Nelson and her daughter, Lisa, age 4, viewing nativity scene in a Miller & Rhoads store window on E. Grace Stree…
![[Mayor West Speaks During Christmas Tree Ceremony]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9420/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Mayor West Speaks During Christmas Tree Ceremony]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/2/1983
Black and white photograph of Mayor Roy West standing at microphone and speaking during ceremony for the Richmond city Christmas tree; 40-foot tree a…
![[Christmas Tree Ceremony]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9421/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Christmas Tree Ceremony]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/2/1983
Black and white photograph of men standing outside during illumination ceremony for the Richmond city Christmas tree; 40-foot tree is at left; man st…
![["Chuck" Robb Observes Native American Ritual]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9422/1/thumbnail.webp)
["Chuck" Robb Observes Native American Ritual]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/24/1983
Black and white photograph of Virginia governor Charles S. "Chuck" Robb and numerous other people standing outside and watching a man in Native Ameri…
The Wise Fashions store remains boarded up today …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/4/1983
Black and white photograph of utility workers standing outside the Wise Fashions store on E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond; a pair of explosions …
![[Wise Fashion Store Is Boarded Up After Explosion]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9424/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Wise Fashion Store Is Boarded Up After Explosion]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/4/1983
Black and white photograph of Wise Fashion Store in the 400 block of East Broad Street in downtown Richmond; front of store is boarded up after a pai…
![[Marshie Lindemann Makes the Jump]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9425/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Marshie Lindemann Makes the Jump]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/5/1983
Black and white photograph of Marshie Lindemann of Lithgow Farms in Maidens, jumping side-saddle on horse," Quiet Please;" horse jumps over fence; pe…
![[Music at Maymont]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9426/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Music at Maymont]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/5/1983
Black and white photograph of five people sitting outside and playing musical instruments in a courtyard at Maymont Park; people stand at entrance an…
Employees walk out of new United Virginia Bank bu…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/8/1983
Black and white photograph of numerous employees evacuating the United Virginia Bank building at 919 E. Main Street in downtown Richmond; bank buildi…