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E. Grace Street
Gordon E. Strause Photograph …
Circa 1937
Black and white photograph showing "The Parking Center," a parking lot at 601 E. Grace Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view, taken from above …
![[Archived 3 binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/18929/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived 3 binder. No title on slide.]
Richmond Comprehensive Planni…
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Pratt's Castle
Mary Wingfield Scott Photogra…
1941-1949
Color slide showing a view of Pratt's Castle at 324 S. 4th Street in the Gamble's Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; sheet metal and wooden bui…
E. Duval Street at Second Street
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
7/1955
35mm color slide of the 200 block of E. Duval Street in the Jackson-Ward neighborhood; image shows a two-story brick store with Coca-Cola sign over d…
Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.
c1902.
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, capitols, richmond, parks, united states, virginia Locations: united states, richmond,…
Washington's old headquarters, Richmond, Va.
c1905.
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, united states, military headquarters, richmond, washington, george, stone buildings, h…
Hotel Jefferson, Richmond, Va.
between 1900 and 1910
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, richmond, hotels, united states, virginia Locations: united states, richmond, virginia…
City Hall, Richmond, Virginia
between 1900 and 1910
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: streets, dry plate negatives, richmond, city & town halls, united states, virginia Locations: united states…
Interior, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Richmond, Va.
between 1905 and 1920
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, cathedrals, richmond, interiors, united states, virginia Locations: united states, ric…
St. Peter's Cathedral, Richmond, Va.
between 1905 and 1920
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, cathedrals, richmond, united states, virginia Locations: united states, richmond, virg…
Main Street from Eleventh, Richmond, Va.
between 1905 and 1920
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: streets, dry plate negatives, commercial facilities, richmond, united states, virginia Locations: united st…
General view with Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.
between 1900 and 1915
2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, panoramic photographs, richmond, cityscape photographs, parks, united states, virgini…
State capitol and city hall, Richmond, Va.
c[1908?]
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, capitols, richmond, city & town halls, parks, united states, virginia Locations: unite…
View in the "Burnt District," Richmond, Va., show…
1865 April, printed later
1 photographic print : albumen. Subjects: union, destruction & pillage, history, buildings, civil war, richmond, albumen prints, united states, virgi…
![[Men Stack Wooden Ties to Support Wall at 6th and Main Streets]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9521/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Men Stack Wooden Ties to Support Wall at 6th and…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/15/1984
Black and white photograph of workmen (at bottom) stacking wooden ties to support wall in excavated hole at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond…
Main Street derailment
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/18/1989
Black and white photograph of the scene of a freight train derailment near Main Street Station; four train cars fell from a trestle, smashing a car a…
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[Main Street Train Derailment]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/18/1989
Black and white photograph of the scene of a freight train derailment near Main Street Station; four train cars fell from a trestle, smashing a car a…
Roads Disappear Under Rainwater
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/7/1972
Black and white photograph of floodwater covering warehouse area in downtown Richmond, Virginia; streets are not visible; water covers lower portions…
A cat was caught balanced on a branch amid a tang…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/13/1982
Black and white photograph of a tabby cat sitting in snow-covered tree in Crestwood Farms in Chesterfield County, Virginia; cat looks toward camera; …
Main Street Station
John G. Zehmer Slide Collecti…
3/1975
Color slide showing a view of the exterior of the Main Street train station building in the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond, Virginia. Geographic De…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the amusement park in Forest Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia; roller coaster and Penny Arcade visible. Geograph…
E. Main Street
Post 1904
Glass plate negative showing a view of E. Main Street, looking west from 10th Street, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Ma…
Jefferson Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Jefferson Park in the Union Hill area of Richmond, Virginia; image of grassy lawn with tree-lined paths; fount…
Hotel Richmond, Exterior
Post 1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond (on the site of the St. Claire Hotel), 9th and Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; eight-s…