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Hollywood Cemetery - Monroe
Circa 1860
Glass plate copy negative showing a ca. 1860 stereograph of the James Monroe tomb at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: Written _…
Tragle's Drug Company
8/1919
Glass plate negative showing a display window at Tragle's Drug Company, 817-819 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; window with display of "Prevento…
Men Working in Quarry
1875-1900
Glass plate negative showing a group of African-American men posed for a group portrait while working in a quarry (likely in Chesterfield County, Vir…
Spring Plowing at Bon Air
1885-1890
Glass plate negative showing an African-American man (Mr. Cheatham?) plowing at his farm near Bon Air in Chesterfield County, Virginia; image of a sm…
Hollywood Cemetery - Monroe
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Monroe's tomb at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Hollywood Cemetery (Ri…
"Old Sorrel"
Circa 1886
Glass plate negative showing Little Sorrel (also known as "Old Sorrel"), the horse belonging to General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson; Old Sorrel stands…
Hollywood Cemetery - Tyler
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing President John Tyler's obelisk at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Holly…
Hollywood Cemetery - Tyler and Monroe
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing President John Tyler's obelisk at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; tomb of James Monroe visible in background. G…
Hobson Rutherfoord House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Hobson Rutherfoord House at 2 W. Franklin Street in the Monroe Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; two-story br…
W. Franklin Street
9/1939
Original film negative showing the first block of W. Franklin Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; three-story brick and stone townh…
Hollywood Cemetery - Tyler
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing President John Tyler's obelisk at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; tomb of James Monroe visible in background. G…
Panorama of Richmond - James River and Mayo Bridge
Circa 1907
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia looking west from the south side of the James River near the Mayo Bridge. Inscri…
W. Franklin Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of W. Franklin Street looking west from Foushee Street in the Monroe Ward area of Richmond, Virginia; Archer Ande…
Hollywood Cemetery - Tyler and Monroe
Circa 1915
Glass plate negative showing President John Tyler's obelisk at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; tomb of James Monroe visible in background. I…
Miss Gussie Daniels School
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the pupils of Miss Gussie Daniel's school, Adams and Main Streets in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; school-age young g…
Hollywood Cemetery - Tyler
Pre 1915
Glass plate negative showing the original marker for President John Tyler's burial plot at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; obelisk erected in…
Boys with Banjo
1880-1890
Glass plate negative showing three African-American boys posing with banjo; boy in center sits on low stool and strums instrument; another boy stands…
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…
Springfield School "Open Air" Class
10/1914
Glass plate negative of one of two "open air" classrooms at Springfield School, 26th and Leigh Streets in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image show…
Mayo Bridge
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the old wooden Mayo Bridge crossing the James River at 14th Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descripti…
Richmond, Virginia Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of an industrial area near the James River, in Richmond, Virginia; view looks south east (?) across the river; wa…
Wilson-Bayley House
Pre 1892
Glass plate negative showing the Wilson-Bayley House (second from corner) at 203 W. Franklin Street; two-story Greek Revival house with dormer window…
Virginia State Legislators
Circa 1925
Original film negative (1930) showing a composite photograph of Virginia legislators (1874); negative made by Cook from original housed in the Virgin…
Glendale National Cemetery
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a two-story brick building behind a stone wall at Glendale National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia. Inscription: Wr…