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Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of the swimming and boating areas created from quarry pond. Geo…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; image of a picnic shelter in the trees. Geographic Description: Richm…
Unidentified Family
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified family posing outside in front of their frame house (likely Bon Air, Chesterfield County, Virginia); mot…
Richmond City Hall
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Richmond City Hall at the corner of 11th and Capitol Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a Greek Reviva…
Westmoreland Club, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Westmoreland Club, 601 E. Grace Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image of the dining room …
Hotel Richmond
Post 1904
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond at 9th and Grace Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of the multi-story brick building from…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Palm Court at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image of a large room with high glass ceiling; statue of Thom…
Cooking Brunswick Stew
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group (Martin family?) cooking Brunswick stew over an open fire; two children at left; older man in suit stands behind…
Boys and Dog
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing two young boys in coats and hats posing with collie dog on a city street; Greenlawn Poultry Farm storefront in backgroun…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a wide hotel corridor decorated with large rugs…
Forest Hill Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Forest Hill Park amusement park in Richmond, Virginia; image of games arcade. Geographic Description: Richmon…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
FilGlass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a parlor decorated with paintings, chandelie…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
1932
Original nitrate film negative (1932) of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey) on the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the wa…
J. E. B. Stuart School, Exterior
1935
Original film negative showing J. E. B. Stuart School, 3101 Fendall Avenue on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image of a multi-story brick buil…
Unidentified House, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the parlor or living room of an unidentified house in Richmond, Virginia; fireplace with portrait over mantel. Geograph…
Sheep Shearing
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of sheep shearing at an unidentified location; image shows men gathered around a sheep lying on a table inside a barn; other she…
Unidentified House, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified house in an unidentified location; image shows a large Classical Revival style frame house with two-story por…
Harvesting Wheat
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing two men posing in a field with large, old-fashioned cradle scythes for cutting wheat.
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
1903
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows the…
Hollywood Cemetery - Elk's Monument
Circa 1897
Glass plate negative showing a large statue of an elk mounted on a stone base in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; burial plot of the Richmond …
Plowing with Horses
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of a man plowing a field with a hand-held plow pulled by three horses.
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
1886-1910
Glass plate negative of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building at 6th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a m…
Train Engine
Circa 1868-1947
Glass plate negative showing a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway engine, Number 297, parked on railroad tracks; six member crew poses with engine.
Monroe Park
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an image of Monroe Park in the Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; view of tree-lined pedestrian pathways stretching i…