Community Favorites
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Franklin Street Streak
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/9/1974
Black and white photograph of a Volkswagen Beetle driving down Franklin Street near the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond, Virginia…
Visitors to Shockoe Valley Take Sunday Afternoon …
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
5/18/1975
Black and white photograph of (left to right) Mrs. Otto Williams, Jr., Mr. O. Van Pelt Sessoms, III and Mrs. Charles T. Rose chatting outside Mason's…
No room for baby
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
11/30/1982
Black and white photograph of Jan Isley (left) and her sister, Catherine Mann, walking downtown at 6th and Grace Streets in Richmond, Virginia; Mann …
Tots Get Free Rides
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/24/1982
Black and white photograph of a man and woman walking along East Grace Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; man carries toddler on his shoulders; w…
Smashing start at Salvation Army
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/14/1983
Black and white photograph of two men, Sidney Lawson (left) and Warren Beane, painting a bull's eye sign on the old Salvation Army building at 2 W. G…
Up With the Umbrellas
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/26/1978
Black and white photograph of five older women standing outside home at 2212 E. Grace Street in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia; all hold umbrellas a…
Smashed
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/14/1983
Black and white photograph of wrecking ball outside old Salvation Army building; area is damaged from demolition; view from inside building, looking …
Snow Removal on Broad Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/21/1979
Black and white photograph of city workers removing snow from Broad Street at Seventh Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; a bulldozer scoops up a …
Ready for Work on Front Stoop
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
Circa 1980
Black and white photograph of home at 1819 Hanover Avenue in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; 1819 painted in window above door; some bricks h…
Pavement Caved In at Oak Ridge and Capehart Roads
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
9/1/1975
Black and white photograph of a large hole in the pavement at Oak Ridge and Capehart Roads in Henrico County, Virginia; parts of tree branches on gro…
A Ride Through the Snow
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/21/1975
Black and white photograph of Mark Strickland (age 9) pulling his little brother, Devin (age 14 months), through the snow on a sled; both are bundled…
Life in Oregon Hill
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/14/1980
Black and white photograph of Louise Stanley, of 300 block Laurel Street, chatting with friend Estelle Marks over her fence in 300 block S. Pine Stre…
Houses on Lewis Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
7/21/1976
Black and white photograph of Queen Anne-style row houses on Lewis Street, east of Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia; all have conical roofs and narro…
Getting a Good Look
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/7/1974
Black and white photograph of people gathered around Frances "Kitten" Natividad, a stripper who paraded around Capitol Square in a bikini; "Kitten" l…
Taking a Peek
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
8/7/1974
Black and white photograph of more than 2,500 people crowded around to get a look at stripper Frances "Kitten" Natividad walking around downtown Rich…
Waiting Outside the Mosque
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
2/7/1973
Black and white photograph of children lined up outside the Richmond (Virginia) Mosque; new Main Street entrance and three new ticket windows on Laur…
Setting Up
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/20/1977
Black and white photograph of people setting up a tent in a large dirt area on the Medical College of Virginia campus in downtown Richmond, Virginia;…
End of the Line
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/27/1979
Black and white photograph of workmen standing at one of the city's first sewer lines; hand-laid granite blocks surround temporary modern pipe; Georg…
Cheryl Bagnal (left), Joan Harris Sip 'Wine' On M…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/20/1979
Black and white photograph of Cheryl Bagnal (left) and Joan Harris, first-level nursing students at St. Luke's Hospital, sitting in the median of Mon…
Honoring Former Hostages
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/25/1981
Black and white photograph of Christopher Gibbs (left) and Richmond attorney Michael Morchower, tying yellow ribbons to a cannon in the median on Mon…
House for Sale
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/3/1975
Black and white photograph of a house for sale on Patterson Avenue, west of the Downtown Expressway in Richmond, Virginia; two-story brick home with …
Train Crosses Huguenot and Robious Roads
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/26/1983
Black and white photograph of a train crossing intersection of Huguenot and Robious Roads in Chesterfield County, Virginia; "Southern" on side of tra…
Fleming Griffin Lot Was One of Few Spots Downtown…
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/19/1973
Black and white photograph of the Fleming Griffin parking lot in downtown Richmond, Virginia; pay phone in foreground; people walk down snowy Grace S…
The View From Third Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
1/30/1975
Black and white photograph of construction work on the Downtown Expressway; Ethyl Corporation headquarters building in background; large construction…