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Group at Hot Springs
1870-1879
Glass plate negative, one half of a stereoview (likely taken by David Anderson) showing a group of men, women and children posing on a lawn at the Ho…
Group at White Sulphur Springs
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (partial) showing a group of men and women posing on the lawn at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia during a Reconstruction Co…
Playing Cards at the Resort
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group playing cards at an unidentified resort, likely Hot Springs or White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; group sits …
Socialites at White Sulphur Springs
1925
Glass plate negative showing a group of men and women gathered on the lawn at White Sulpur Springs, West Virginia; men in suits and women in long dre…
School for the Deaf
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a dilapidated brick house said to be a [former?] school for deaf mutes in Manchester, Virginia (associated with Bollings…
Richmond Public Schools Classroom Scene
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools classroom; image shows boys and girls seated at desks facing the chalkboard at the front…
School Project
1930
Original film negative showing a classroom project on "desert life" presented at Bellemeade or Bellevue school in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a l…
Prizing Tobacco
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a group of men in vests and hats prizing tobacco (preparing to load barrels) in a large open warehouse room of an unidentifie…
Grace Arents School Group
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a group of students at Grace Arents School (Richmond, Virginia Public Schools), 600 S. Pine Street in Oregon Hill; the c…
John B. Cary Students
1913-1920
Glass plate negative of students posing on the steps of [old] John B. Cary School, Idlewood Avenue between Rowland Street and Shields Avenue in the I…
Northside Junior High School
1926-1930
Original film negative showing a sewing class at Northside Junior High School on Brookland Park Boulevard near the Brookland Park neighborhood of Ric…
W. H. Ruffner Students
2/1917
Glass plate negative of a group of W. H. Ruffner School students posing outside on the steps of the school at 407 N. 12th Street in downtown Richmond…
Prizing Tobacco
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a group of men in vests and hats prizing tobacco (preparing to load barrels) in a large open warehouse room of an unidentifie…
Miss Gussie Daniels School
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the pupils of Miss Gussie Daniels school, Adams and Main Streets in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; school-age young gi…
McCabe's University School Baseball Team
Circa 1925
Glass plate negative showing the baseball team from McCabe's University School, 401 E. Cary Street in Gambles Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image of a gr…
Monte Maria Academy
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing students at the Monte Maria Academy, a private Catholic girls school on Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia; image shows y…
National Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of National Cemetery (?) in Henrico County, Virginia (?); headstones of "Unknown U.S. Soldiers." Geograph…
Adult Education Class
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an adult education night class in progress; image of African-American men and women seated at desks in a classroom; like…
Classroom Scene
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools (?) high school classroom scene; boys and girls sit at desks in a classroom and wor…
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the machine/repair shop at St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; several …
St. Francis de Sales School
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the main building of St. Francis de Sales, a boarding school for young African-American women, near Belmead Plantation, …
Hollywood Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate double negative showing a view of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Oregon Hill (Richmon…
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the cadet or rifle corp at the St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; imag…
School Picture
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing students and teachers from an unidentified school posed outside in front of the two-story frame school building.