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Old Acca Bridge Gone
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/27/1965
Black and white photograph of a pair of cranes separating and removing the last two sections of the old Acca Bridge spanning the Richmond, Fredericks…
Happiness Is When Pools Open; They Were Open Yest…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/29/1965
Black and white photographs (three images taped together on verso) of three outdoor swimming pools in Henrico County, Virginia; this image (a) featur…
Happiness Is When Pools Open; They Were Open Yest…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/29/1965
Black and white photographs (three images taped together on the back) of three outdoor swimming pools in Henrico County, Virginia; this image (b) fea…
Children In the Hillendale Section Of Richmond's …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/3/1965
Black and white photograph of a group of children marching in a Fourth of July parade; image shows the group progressing up a low slope in the Hillen…
Miniature Golf Course
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/17/1965
Black and white photograph of a homemade miniature golf course among the pine trees in the 6400 block of Kensington Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; the…
Education In-the Round
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/11/1965
Black and white photograph of the construction of the Davee Gardens Elementary School on Ruffin Road in south Richmond, Virginia; the school will be …
One Shoots Right, Other Wrong
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/27/1965
Black and white photograph of Martha Cushnie (left) and Carroll Alvis of Lee-Davis High School practicing archery; the girls wear short gym suits and…
Boxwood Promised Balmy Days
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/30/1965
Black and white photograph of boxwood bushes ready to be planted around the statue of Stonewall Jackson on the Virginia State Capitol grounds in Rich…
Spring in the Offing
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/30/1965
Black and white photograph of the painted awning at The Country Shop, 2000 Westmoreland Avenue in Henrico County, Virginia; the awning is decorated w…
"Village Within a City"
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/24/1965
Black and white photograph of three members of the West Avenue Improvement Association admiring a garden in their "village within a city"; the garden…
Statue, Buildings In Appomattox Are Spruced Up Fo…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/9/1965
Black and white photograph of workmen cleaning up in the town of Appomattox, Virginia; image shows men picking up wood and working on the roof of a b…
At City Hall
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/14/1965
Black and white photograph of four women pausing to chat during a visit to Richmond's City Hall in downtown Richmond, Virginia; the women are prepari…
800 Block West Grace Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/1/1965
Black and white photograph of the buildings and houses in the 800 block of West Grace Street in Richmond, Virginia; image shows several buildings whi…
Leigh St. Y.M.C.A. Building (foreground) Ordered …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/4/1955
Black and white film negative of the old Leigh Street YMCA building, a three-story Colonial-Revival house; the current location of the YMCA is beside…
Literary Evening at the Valentine
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/4/1954
Black and white film negative of a group of men and women preparing for a literary evening (Richmond Junior League Book and Author Dinner) in the gar…
Literary Evening at the Valentine
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/4/1954
Black and white film negative of a group of men and women preparing for a literary evening (Richmond Junior League Book and Author Dinner) in the gar…
A Bit of Antiquity Unearthed
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/3/1965
Black and white photograph of J. C. Harrington, an archeologist with the National Park Service, pointing out the depth of a trench to Frederick D. Ni…
Fire on East Broad Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/23/1965
Black and white photograph of Broad Street looking east in Richmond, Virginia; the north lanes are blocked by several large fire engines and people m…
Ferris Wheel Begins To Take Shape On The Midway A…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/21/1965
Black and white photograph of the Ferris wheel being constructed at the Virginia State Fair at Strawberry Hill in Henrico County, Virginia; the track…
Preparing for the Soiree d'Elegance
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/5/1967
Black and white photograph of Mrs. Brockenbrough Lamb, Jr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Strause, Jr., creating a display in the Grace Street windows of Miller…
Valentine Museum Junior Nature Walk
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/30/1967
Black and white photograph of Mrs. William T. Reed, Jr. and a group of children; the children are Valentine Museum Junior Members on a nature walk at…
Valentine Museum Junior Nature Walk
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/30/1967
Black and white photograph of Valentine Museum Junior Members on a nature outing at "Sabot," the home of Mrs. William T. Reed in Goochland County, Vi…
Valentine Museum Junior Nature Walk
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/30/1967
Black and white photograph of Valentine Museum Junior Members on a hay ride during a nature day at the home ("Sabot") of Mrs. William T. Reed in Gooc…
Mrs. R.A. Chodd of Valentine Staff Stands Beside …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/11/1967
Black and white photograph of Mrs. R.A. Chodd of the Valentine Museum staff, standing beside an eight-foot tall boot; the boot is a recent acquisitio…