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School Picture
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing boys and girls posed outside in front of an unidentified brick school building.
University of Virginia
1895
Glass plate negative showing the burning of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Burnin…
University of Virginia
1880-1920
Glass plate (double) negative showing a group of people posed on the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.…
Tobacco Factory, Stemming
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of a group of women (and men) working in a large open room in an unidentified tobacco factory; workers stand at tall, divided wo…
University of Virginia
Circa 1920
Original film negative showing the University of Virginia football team; image of a group of young men posed at the base of an outdoor stone staircas…
College of William and Mary
1893
Glass plate negative showing a group of students and faculty posed in front of a brick building at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, V…
College of William and Mary
1893
Glass plate negative showing a group of students and faculty posed in front of a brick building at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, V…
College of William and Mary
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing students participating in a surveying class at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Geographic De…
University of Richmond
Circa 1917-1918
Glass plate negative showing a group of University of Richmond students posed outside in front of a classroom or dormitory building; all wear militar…
University of Richmond
Circa 1895
Glass plate negative showing the University of Richmond football team (ca. 1890s); image of a group of young men sitting on the front steps of a camp…
Reinterment of Jefferson Davis
5/31/1893
Glass plate negative showing the funeral procession and catalfalque of Confederate States of America president, Jefferson Davis; Davis was reinterred…
Inauguration of Governor Harry F. Byrd
2/1/1926
Original film negative of the Virginia State Capitol building during the inauguration of Governor Harry F. Byrd; image, taken from above, shows the s…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing a parade for visiting President Theodore Roosevelt; flags fly from bunting-draped building at 5th and Main Streets in do…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing bystanders enjoying a parade for visiting President Theodore Roosevelt; people line Main Street near 5th Street in Richm…
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing a parade down Main Street near 5th Street, Richmond, Virginia for visiting President Theodore Roosevelt; image shows men…
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (one of an original pair for stereograph) showing a view of the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, 1914-1916 E. Main Street in Shockoe Bott…
Steamship "Glen Cove"
Circa 1857
Glass plate (copy) negative of an original glass plate (ca. 1857) showing the side wheel steamship, "Glen Cove" docked at Rocketts near Richmond, Vir…
Edgar Allan Poe Shrine
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, 1914-1916 E. Main Street in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image of the old s…
Hollywood Cemetery - General View
1890
Glass plate negative showing the main road through Hollywood Cemetery; burial plots and monuments visible on right side of road; man in suit and hat …
Hollywood Cemetery - James Augustine Obelisk
Circa 1914
Glass plate negative showing an obelisk monument to James Augustine in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.…
Hollywood Cemetery - Julia Crittenden Harris Mark…
Circa 1916
Glass plate negative showing the grave marker for Julia Crittenden Harris in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmon…
Hollywood Cemetery - Phillips Obelisk
Circa 1909
Glass plate negative showing an obelisk monument for the Phillips family (Alonzo L. and wife Esprella Blackburn) in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Vir…
Hollywood Cemetery - Powers Plot
1926
Original film negative showing the Powers burial plot in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written __"Powers Hollywood 1926" __Ed…
Hollywood Cemetery - Taylor Monument
Circa 1918
Glass plate negative showing a cross monument for Virginia Whitcomb Taylor in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmo…