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![[Motorboating to 3rd and Decatur]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9648/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Motorboating to 3rd and Decatur]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/7/1985
Black and white photograph of employees of Crawford Manufacturing Company using motorboat to get to intersection of 3rd and Decatur Streets in downto…
![[Sandbags Piled Up at Reynolds Metals Company's South Plant]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9649/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Sandbags Piled Up at Reynolds Metals Company's S…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/7/1985
Black and white photograph of three men standing next to large pile of sandbags at Reynolds Metals Company's south plant on Bainbridge Street; man at…
![[VEPCO Employees Row Along 5th Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9650/1/thumbnail.webp)
[VEPCO Employees Row Along 5th Street]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/7/1985
Black and white photograph of Virginia Electric and Power Company employees rowing in a small boat along 5th Street, at Stockton Street, on the south…
![[Belvidere Toll Plaza]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9651/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Belvidere Toll Plaza]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/7/1985
Black and white photograph of the Belvidere Toll Plaza; bird's eye view; relatively few cars on highway due to flooding in the Richmond area; billboa…
![[Traffic on Powhite Parkway]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9652/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Traffic on Powhite Parkway]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/7/1985
Black and white photograph of traffic on Powhite Parkway, heading north onto bridge; Carillon in background; sky is hazy. Inscription: Stamped __Bla…
The James River hit the pilings for the Lee Bridg…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/5/1985
Black and white photograph of the flooding James River, looking southeast from the Lee Bridge; bridge pilings (for the new Lee Bridge) at center of r…
![[View of Manchester Bridge]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9654/1/thumbnail.webp)
[View of Manchester Bridge]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/5/1985
Black and white photograph of the Manchester Bridge; view from the Federal Reserve building; James River flooding due to heavy rain storms throughout…
![[Old Dominion Brush Company Building]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9655/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Old Dominion Brush Company Building]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/30/1985
Black and white photograph of the Old Dominion Brush Company building; car parked next to building; building appears vacant; street is empty. Inscri…
![[June Jubilee]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9656/1/thumbnail.webp)
[June Jubilee]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/2/1985
Black and white photograph of a large crowd of people standing outside and watching a group of deaf musicians sign the song "We Are the World" during…
Top job
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/6/1985
Black and white photograph of William (left) and Scott Borron repairing the copper dome of the Richmond Mosque; they stand in metal enclosure and wor…
![[Falling Pipes at 6th and Marshall]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9658/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Falling Pipes at 6th and Marshall]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/12/1985
Black and white photograph of pipes that fell at construction site (6th Street Marketplace) at 6th and Marshall Streets in downtown Richmond; one con…
Pondering the heights
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/27/1986
Black and white photograph of five boys hanging out at the top of a hill near the corner of 21st and E. Franklin Streets in Church Hill; they sit, li…
![Once [sic] of the stops during "Way of the Cross" march was New Light Baptist Church, 2000 E. Broad St.](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9660/1/thumbnail.webp)
Once [sic] of the stops during "Way of the Cross"…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/28/1986
Black and white photograph a man standing on the steps of New Light Baptist Church at 2000 E. Broad St. during "Way of the Cross" march; he reads fro…
Let the lines begin
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/28/1985
Black and white photograph of people filing into Miller & Rhoads Department Store at Regency Square Mall; people enter store as it opens at 8 a.m. th…
![[Men Work on Roof]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9662/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Men Work on Roof]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/27/1986
Black and white photograph of a building under construction (Best Products Corporate Headquarters); men work on rooftop; they all wear hardhats; scaf…
![[Porches on West Main]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9663/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Porches on West Main]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/19/1985
Black and white photograph of front porches of houses along West Main Street; view looking through the porches; man walks out of house in background;…
![[Break Time at Fran's Cleaners]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9664/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Break Time at Fran's Cleaners]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/19/1985
Black and white photograph of four women sitting outside and taking break from their work at Fran's Cleaners on W. Main Street; they all wear hairnet…
![[Johnnie Takes Order at the Bar]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9665/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Johnnie Takes Order at the Bar]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/19/1985
Black and white photograph of Johnnie taking an order while working as bartender at Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe; he wears glasses and long-sleeved co…
![[Trains Along Main Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9666/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Trains Along Main Street]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/19/1985
Black and white photograph of trains on tracks along Main Street at the eastern edge of Richmond; C&O train at left. Inscription: Written __11/19/85…
After The Flood
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/11/1985
Black and white photograph of (left to right) Nancy Swift, Rebecca Dobyns, Charles Spelman, Anne Daniel, and James Miller sitting outside art gallery…
James Hopkins has caught the 12:01 to New Orleans…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/25/1986
Black and white photograph of James Hopkins sitting inside the Greyhound bus station; he has his hands clasped in his lap and looks at camera; his be…
Hard Times
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/25/1986
Black and white photograph of Charles Percy standing next to his cab in the Greyhound bus station parking lot; he wears hat, glasses, and jacket and …
![Heath K. Rada (left), president of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, and Donald P. Falls, chairman of the board of trustees, lead [sic] the commencement processional yesterday.](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9670/1/thumbnail.webp)
Heath K. Rada (left), president of the Presbyteri…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/26/1985
Black and white photograph of Heath K. Rada (left), President of the Presbyterian School of Christian Education, and Donald P. Falls, Chairman of the…
![[Traffic on Highway]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9671/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Traffic on Highway]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/2/1985
Black and white photograph of traffic heading towards downtown Richmond on the Beltline Expressway; Marlboro billboard and Seaboard building in backg…