Community Favorites
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![Sylvia and Andrew Mey and their 18-month-old son, Daniel, picnicked yesterday in the shadow of a large tree near Shield[s] Lake in Byrd Park.](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10106/1/thumbnail.webp)
Sylvia and Andrew Mey and their 18-month-old son,…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/13/1990
Black and white photograph of Sylvia and Andrew Mey and their 18-month-old son, Daniel, having a picnic in the shadow of a large tree near Shields La…
Diane Harris and Chuck Boyd spent part of the day…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/13/1990
Black and white photograph of Diane Harris and Chuck Boyd swinging on the swings at Rockwood Park. Inscription: Stamped __Red date stamp - Mar 13 19…
![[Repair Work on the Pump House]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10108/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Repair Work on the Pump House]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/12/1985
Black and white photograph of work being done at the old Pump House at the canal in the Carillon neighborhood near Byrd Park; image shows a large con…
Gladys C. Cooke, who was born 80 years ago in her…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/8/1990
Black and white photograph of Gladys C. Cooke sitting on the front porch of her home at 1727 W. Moore Street in the Carver area; Cooke wears a bandan…
The big thirst
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/2/1988
Black and white photograph of Walter Turner making a phone call from a pay phone on South Meadow Street; Turner wears a cap and drinks from a 7-11 "B…
![[Tending the Triangle Garden]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10111/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Tending the Triangle Garden]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/21/1989
Black and white photograph of Arline Thurston tending a small triangular garden plot created by the intersection of Government Road, Parker Street an…
![[Community Garden]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10112/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Community Garden]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
Circa 1989
Black and white photograph of people working in an unidentified community garden; image shows a man, woman and child tending a large plot of vegetabl…
Final preparations
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/9/1986
Black and white photograph of members of the Task Force for Historic Preservation and the Minority Community putting the finishing touches on one of …
![[Sending Equipment to the Site]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10114/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Sending Equipment to the Site]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/6/1988
Black and white photograph of a man in a plaid shirt and hard hat working on a construction site; the man holds a two-way radio and prepares pieces o…
Just a little bit more
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/10/1988
Black and white photograph of painter John Photen working on a building in the 100 block of East Main Street; Photen stands in a cherrypicker bucket …
![[Waiting]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10116/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Waiting]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/25/1989
Black and white photograph of a group of mostly shirtless men standing around underneath the Channel 6 TV tower; the men stand with their backs to th…
Sign off
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/31/1989
Black and white photograph of a Calhoun Sign Company employee working on the internal wiring of an Aunt Sarah's Pancake House billboard; Calhoun sits…
Gregory Brown helps remove asbestos from Bellwood…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/21/1989
Black and white photograph of Gregory Brown of Q.S.T. Company helping to remove asbestos from Bellwood Elementary School; Brown, dressed in a white j…
![[New Roadside Sign]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10119/1/thumbnail.webp)
[New Roadside Sign]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/7/1989
Black and white photograph of Earl Eastwood of Moore Sign Corp. working on a new sign going up at 7921 W. Broad Street; Eastwood stands in a cherrypi…
General Crushed Stone Co. Inc. operation has stir…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/29/1989
Black and white photograph of the General Crushed Stone quarry operation; image shows a cleared landscape with several dirt roads going through; two …
![[Also for fall from Calvin Klein…]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10121/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Also for fall from Calvin Klein…]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/13/1988
Black and white photograph of Mary Ellen Blosser modeling a Calvin Klein citron double-faced wool suit with a long skirt and dark wool mock turtlenec…
![[Lace Dress by Calvin Klein]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10122/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Lace Dress by Calvin Klein]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/13/1988
Black and white photograph of Mary Ellen Blosser modeling a floral ribboned lace cocktail dress by Calvin Klein; Blosser poses outside during a Calvi…
![[Grubbs Super Market]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10123/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Grubbs Super Market]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/1980
Black and white photograph of the exterior of Grubbs Super Market in the Fulton neighborhood of Richmond on Williamsburg Road; image shows the front …
![[Clay Grubbs Poses In Front of Business]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10124/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Clay Grubbs Poses In Front of Business]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/1980
Black and white photograph of Clay Grubbs, owner of Grubbs Super Market in the Fulton neighborhood of Richmond on Williamsburg Road; Grubbs wears a p…
Keydet Completion
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/6/1957
Black and white photograph of a football game between the University of Virginia and the Virginia Military Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia; th…
On The Road
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/24/1989
Black and white photograph of real estate professionals during a tour of the Richmond area; the group, which rode in chartered buses, visits the Dabn…
Landscape workers roll out the sod, turning muddy…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/3/1989
Black and white photograph of Shipp and Wilson landscape workers rolling out sod at a newly constructed home; Fred Thessen (in foreground) kneels on …
Mulch is money
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/3/1989
Black and white photograph of piles of brush, trees and stumps being chopped into mulch at the Henrico County Woodman Road maintenance depot; the deb…
At Work
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/18/1989
Black and white photograph of the construction of the Standard Motor Parts distribution center, off state Route 156 in Prince George County; image sh…