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![[Musicians on Strike]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9696/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Musicians on Strike]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/8/1985
Black and white photograph of musicians picketing in front of Richmond Symphony building at 211 W. Franklin Street; woman at center wears sign that r…
![[Men Work on Building Exterior]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9697/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Men Work on Building Exterior]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/10/1985
Black and white photograph of two men working on exterior of the 6th Street Marketplace building in downtown Richmond; scaffolding set up against wal…
![[Symphony Plays in Bill Robinson Cultural Series]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9698/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Symphony Plays in Bill Robinson Cultural Series]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/15/1985
Black and white photograph of the Richmond Symphony playing at playground at 37th and N Streets in Church Hill as part of the Bill [Bojangles] Robins…
Lucille Strauss opposes office park proposed on F…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/5/1985
Black and white photograph of Mrs. Lucille Strauss sitting on the front porch of her home at 2402 Logan Street in Bon Air; she opposes an office park…
![[Finishing Touches]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9700/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Finishing Touches]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/15/1985
Black and white photograph of workmen pausing during construction of the 6th Street Marketplace in downtown Richmond; the men rest in the walkway acr…
Ordination protest
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/18/1985
Black and white photograph of a man and woman (part of a group of men, women and children) protesting the Roman Catholic Church's stand against the o…
Patterns of spring
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/26/1985
Black and white photograph of Thomas Howell, of Greenbriar Farms Landscaping, spreading mulch in the Colgate Darden Memorial Park, adjacent to the Vi…
Atrium highlights renovated office and warehouse …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/17/1985
Black and white photograph of the renovated entry area of an office and warehouse building at 10th S. Sixth Street in downtown Richmond; large, open …
Varneta Smith (left) expresses outrage of fellow …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/25/1985
Black and white photograph of Varneta Smith and several other 6th Street Marketplace housekeeping workers standing outside; the group is outraged at …
![[Carpenters at Work]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9705/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Carpenters at Work]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/24/1985
Black and white photograph of carpenters Susan Bender and John Eggleston removing scaffolding from an apartment building at 3001 Monument Avenue; the…
![[Court Evacuation]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9706/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Court Evacuation]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/26/1985
Black and white photograph of the John Marshall Courts building in downtown Richmond; numerous people sit on, and stand near, a low brick wall across…
![[People at War Memorial]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9707/1/thumbnail.webp)
[People at War Memorial]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/5/1985
Black and white photograph of people at the Virginia War Memorial; they take wreaths of paper cranes from a cardboard box during memorial vigil. Ins…
![[Breakfast With Baliles]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9708/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Breakfast With Baliles]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/19/1985
Black and white photograph of Virginia Lt. Governor (and gubernatorial candidate) Gerald Baliles standing in front of an unidentified steak house res…
Count the spooks
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/29/1985
Black and white photograph of Bruce and Kathy Stiles' house at 516 W. 19th Street (near Cowardin and Semmes Avenue) decorated for Halloween; the Vict…
Spider-men at work
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/29/1985
Black and white photograph of two men working on a support for the new Lee Bridge; image shows the men, equipped with rope harnesses, working on the …
![[Court End Day]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9711/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Court End Day]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/27/1985
Black and white photograph of the Court End Day celebration at 1000 block of E. Clay Street in downtown Richmond. Inscription: Stamped __Black date …
![[Drawing on the Street in Court End]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9712/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Drawing on the Street in Court End]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/27/1985
Black and white photograph of children drawing with chalk in the middle of the street during the Court End Day celebration along 1000 block of E. Cla…
A stop in Hollywood Cemetery was a natural for a …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/26/1985
Black and white photograph of participants in a "ghost tour" of Richmond during their stop at Hollywood Cemetery; image shows men, women and children…
![[Fall Activities at Court End Celebration]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9714/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Fall Activities at Court End Celebration]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/27/1985
Black and white photograph of children making scarecrows during the Court End Day celebration along E. Clay Street in downtown Richmond. Inscription…
![[Wilder Helps Unregistered Voter Cross Street]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9715/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Wilder Helps Unregistered Voter Cross Street]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/24/1985
Black and white photograph of current Virginia State Senator and Lt. Governor candidate L. Douglas Wilder helping Kathryn Martindale across Cary Stre…
Old C & O building demolished
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/26/1985
Black and white photograph of the demolition of the old Chesapeake & Ohio Railway annex building being demolished; image shows the building, south of…
![[Wilder Campaigns in Downtown Richmond]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9717/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Wilder Campaigns in Downtown Richmond]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/24/1985
Black and white photograph of Virginia s=State Senator L. Douglas Wilder campaigning for Lt. Governor in downtown Richmond; image shows Wilder, in su…
Looking for a home?
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/24/1985
Black and white photograph of a mobile home being pulled east by a tractor on Main Street near Fourth Street in downtown Richmond; the tractor, which…
![[Bound for Washington]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9719/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Bound for Washington]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/17/1985
Black and white photograph of a Richmond man waiting at the Amtrak station for a train to Washington D.C.; image shows the man, in suit jacket, stand…