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Unidentified House, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the overgrown garden of an unidentified house in Richmond, Virginia; image of trees and shrubs surrounding a small recta…
Kindergarten Class at Bellevue School
1905-1910
Glass plate negative of a kindergarten classroom at [old] Bellevue School (?), 22nd and Broad Streets in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image shows…
Unidentified House, Interior
1920-1930
Original film negative showing the parlor or living room of an unidentified house in Richmond, Virginia; elaborate fireplace with crystal candle hold…
Unidentified Street Scene
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified street scene in an unidentified location; image shows a dirt road flanked by modest frame and brick houses.
Unidentified House, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified house in an unidentified location; image shows a three-story brick townhouse with cast iron porch and fence.
Salvation Army
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Salvation Army building (Corps #1) at 906 E. Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; three-story building with …
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of African American workers harvesting peanuts in Amelia County, Virginia (?); image shows two men, a woman, and three children …
Hog Butchering
1880-1920
Glass plate plate negative showing a hog butchering in progress; men work with hogs in a rural setting.
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a peanut harvest in an unidentified location; image shows a man walking behind a mule-pulled plow; a small child stoops to pi…
Hollywood Cemetery - Stuart
1890
Glass plate negative showing the obelisk monument for General J. E. B. Stuart in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Ric…
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a peanut harvest in Suffolk, Virginia; image shows a woman stacking plants in the foreground; four men stack plants in backgr…
The Air Men at the Virginia State Fair
1910
Glass plate plate negative showing seven men posed outside in front of a canvas tent; identified as the "Air Men" at the Virginia State Fair, Richmon…
Man Plowing with Horses
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a man plowing with a pair of horses at the Oak Ridge farm in Nelson County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Nelson Co…
Picking Potatoes
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing farm workers picking potatoes at a farm near Norfolk, Virginia; workers fill bushel baskets with potatoes; horse-drawn w…
Unidentified Group of Men
Circa 1880
Glass plate negative showing a group of unidentified men on the porch of a brick and frame house or hotel; six men are seated; seven men stand behind…
Tobacco Wagons at Drakes Branch
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing tobacco workers and wagons in a clearing at Drakes Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia. Geographic Description: Charlo…
Tobacco Fields
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of tobacco fields in an unidentified location in Virginia; image shows a panoramic view of fields of large tobacco leaves; sever…
Group of Men
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a vintage print (missing) showing a group of men standing outside on the grass in front of a frame house; man in center holds…
Strawberry Pickers
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative of a large group of men and women either leaving or arriving to work in fields picking strawberries; image shows a long line of …
Broad Street
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of Broad Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east from Adams Street; streetcar tracks in middle…
Plowing with Mules
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of several men lined up to plow fields with hand plows pulled by pairs of mules.
Cradling Wheat
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of several men cradling wheat in Orange County, Virginia; the men work in a field using cradle scythes; low hill in background. …
Cutting Tobacco
1880-1890
Glass plate negative of men cutting tobacco at Staunton Hill in Charlotte County, Virginia; image shows three men standing in a field of tobacco on a…
Polk Miller's Drug Store
Post 1871
Glass plate negative showing the interior of Polk Miller's Drug Store, 834 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia; image of a group of men in three-piece…