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Tobacco Factory, Stemming by Machine
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative of women using machines to stem tobacco leaves in an unidentified tobacco factory; women sit on low stools and feed tobacco into…
Loading Crates of Cigarettes at Allen & Ginter To…
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing men loading crates of Fatima and Piedmont cigarettes for shipment from the Allen & Ginter (American) tobacco factory at …
Tobacco Auction
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a tobacco auction in progress at an unidentified tobacco warehouse; image shows a group of men in suits and hats posed in a l…
Harvesting Peanuts
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a peanut harvest in an unidentified location; image shows two men walking behind mule-pulled plows; other workers stoop to pi…
Manchester Elliott Grays
Circa 1898
Glass plate negative showing the Manchester (Richmond, Virginia) Elliot Grays, Sixth Regiment, Virginia Volunteers; the uniformed men pose in two lon…
Making Cigars by Machine
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing women making cigars by machine in an unidentified tobacco factory; image of two long rows of machines and workers in a l…
Morrison & Company, Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Circa 1898
Glass plate negative showing a group of uniformed men gathered on the grass in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia; likely Morrison's Company, No. 2 o…
Labeling Tobacco Packages
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative of women putting Fatima cigarette labels on packages at the Allen & Ginter Tobacco factory, 7th and Canal Streets in Richmond, V…
Tobacco Factory, Interior
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing men working in an unidentified tobacco factory; image of men in work clothes and caps processing tobacco leaves.
Hollywood Cemetery - The Pyramid (Confederate Mon…
Post 1869
Glass plate negative showing the Pyramid, a monument dedicated to the Confederate soldiers buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; erected …
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men working in the crating department of an unidentified tobacco warehouse; the men pack boxes of Master Workman tobacco…
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing women working in the packaging department of an unidentified tobacco factory; women sit at long tables with individual c…
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men working with tobacco in an unidentified tobacco factory; the men sit or stand at wooden tables or benches and handle…
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of tobacco workers posing in an unidentified tobacco factory; the men stand at wooden tables in the process of making tobacco pl…
Military Encampment at Fairgrounds
Circa 1898
Glass plate negative showing a amall group of uniformed men posing on the grass during a military encampment at the Virginia state fairgrounds, Richm…
Man in Corn Field
Circa 1917
Glass plate negative showing a man in suit and hat standing amidst a field of corn at Wilton on the James in eastern Henrico County, Virginia.
Allen & Ginter Tobacco Company, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing men working with tobacco leaves at the Allen & Ginter Tobacco Company in Richmond, Virginia; image of men in aprons and …
Tobacco Factory, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of men and women posing in a workroom at an unidentified tobacco factory.
Canal and Warehouses during Flood
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a flooded waterfront dock area; brick buildings and warehouses at left; moored boats at right.
Richmond Light Infantry Blues, Captain Pegram, Co…
Circa 1898
Glass plate negative showing a group of uniformed men posing on the steps of a building; men in at least ten rows; Captain George B. Pegram Company B…
Richmond Fire
2/3/1917
Glass plate negative showing a fire in progress at 819-823 E. Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia (First National Bank at 823 E. Main Street)…
House in Snow
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a two-story brick house in snowy landscape; house partially obscured by trees.