Community Favorites
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Country Club of Virginia Golf Course
Circa 1910
Glass plate negative showing a group of men and women crowded around the edge of the golf course at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond, Virgini…
Group in Costume
Circa 1888
Glass plate negative showing a group of young men and women dressed in costume; the group stands outside, posing side by side; man second from left s…
Baptism near Richmond
1890-1899
Glass plate negative showing an African-American river baptism in progress; minister, with arm raised, and four other people, stand fully clothed in …
Wood Chopper
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified African-American man; man wears work clothes and holds axe, walking stick and tin pail; sits on stump in…
Children on Road
Circa 1895
Glass plate negative showing a group of African-American children posing together on a dirt road; six children stand side-by-side, with oldest girl h…
Man with book in Doorway
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified African-American man sitting in the doorway of a frame cabin; man wears hat and boots; holds open book i…
Mr. Bill
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an African-American man identified on vintage print as "Mr. Bill;" man wears rolled up pants with suspenders and hat; ho…
Group with Wagon
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an African-American family posed outside their frame cabin in a rural area; several people sit in a horse-drawn wagon st…
Getting Water from the Well
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified African-American couple getting water from a well (well sweep); older woman in head scarf and long dress…
Grist Mill
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a pair of unidentified African-American men grinding corn for hominy at a grist mill in South Carolina; the men, both in plai…
Early Airplane Flight at the State Fair of Virgin…
Post 1909
Glass plate negative showing an early airplane flight at the State Fair of Virginia; plane (Hamilton or Curtiss) flies above field in front of the Ri…
Boys' Corn Club Exhibit
10/1912
Glass plate negative of the Boys' Corn Club exhibit at the State Fair of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia; image of numerous ears of corn stacked up on…
Preserves Display
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative of a display of preserves at the State Fair of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia; glass jars in various shapes and sizes are arrang…
County Fair or Horse Show
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a horse show, or horse judging event at a fair in Orange County, Virginia; several men on horseback at base of two-story…
County Fair or Horse Show
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a horse show, or horse judging event at an unidentified county fair (?); image shows spectators in a grandstand watching…
Parcels Post Exhibit
1914
Glass plate negative showing the Parcels Post exhibit at the State Fair of Virginia (1914) in Richmond, Virginia; two men in suits sit at a booth dec…
Little Billies Baseball Team
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Little Billies baseball team; image of a group of men in loose fitting uniforms and baseball caps posing in front of…
Ice Skating on Jahnke's Pond
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of men, women and children ice skating on Jahnke's Pond in Chesterfield County, Virginia; two children pulled on…
Boating on Lake in Chesterfield County
Circa 1895
Glass plate negative showing two groups of men and women boating on a private lake in Chesterfield County, Virginia; the groups, in formal clothes, s…
Lakeside Park
Circa 1895
Glass plate negative showing dock and boat house at Lakeside Park in Henrico County, Virginia; image, taken from dock, shows man standing in moored r…
Boating Party
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing a group of men and women boating on Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia; women in hats and men in suits sit in a small …
Three Men at Bosher's Dam
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing three men in suits and hats sitting and standing on the shores of the James River near Bosher's Dam, Richmond, Virginia.…
Merchants National Bank Baseball Players
Circa 1919
Glass plate negative showing two members of the Merchants National Bank baseball team; the men stand side-by-side outside in a park; both wear baseba…
School Baseball Team
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an unidentified (school or club) baseball team posed on the steps of a brick building; twenty-two young men in baseball …