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Retreat for the Sick Hospital
1920
Glass plate negative of Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 2621 Grove Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a five-story brick buil…
Westbrook Sanatorium
1920
Glass plate negative of the Westbrook Sanatorium on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-story brick building with wide front po…
St. Luke's Home for the Sick
1882-1899
Glass plate negative of St. Luke's Home for the Sick at the corner of Governor and Ross Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a four-s…
Johnston-Willis Hospital
7/23/1922
Original film negative of Johnston-Willis Hospital at the corner of 6th and Franklin Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image of a multi-st…
Retreat for the Sick
2/1921
Glass plate negative of Retreat for the Sick Hospital, 2621 Grove Avenue, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a five-story Classical…
Love House
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an iron garden gate at the home of Samuel and Sarah Love, 3201 Seminary Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Desc…
St. Luke's Home for the Sick
1899-1920
Glass plate negative of St. Luke's Home for the Sick (Hospital) at the corner of Grace and Harrison Streets, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia;…
Glover House
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an exterior view of the Glover House on Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; two-story frame house with small fron…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
5/1917
Glass plate negative of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), now the Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard, in the Museum Distr…
Ginter Park Community House Pool
7/26/1926
Original film negative showing the newly completed pool at the Ginter Park Community House on Hawthorne Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Inscription: W…
Richmond Public (Dooley) Library, Exterior
Circa 1935
Original film negative of the Richmond (City) Public (Dooley) Library at the corner of 1st and Franklin Streets, in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; …
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), Ex…
Circa 1925
Original film negative of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), now the Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard in the Museum Dist…
Home on Chamberlayne Avenue
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an exterior view a small frame cottage on Chamberlayne Avenue in Richmond, Virginia; large trees on lawn in front of h…
Mutual (Assurance Society) Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an exterior view of the Mutual (Assurance Society) Building at 9th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; buil…
Masons' Hall (Randolph Lodge), Exterior
2/1906
Glass plate negative of Masons' Hall-Randolph Lodge No. 19, at 18th and E. Franklin Streets in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-…
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 during …
Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Richmond
1905
Glass plate negative showing the Virginia State Capitol building and the equestrian statue of George Washington during a visit from President Theodor…
Shockoe Hill Cemetery - Van Lew Section
Pre 1900
Glass plate negative showing the Van Lew section of Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia before a "rock" marker was placed over Elizabeth Van Le…
Panorama of Richmond - James River and Mayo Bridge
1894-1904
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of Richmond, Virginia looking west from the south side of the James River near the Mayo Bridge. Geogra…
Old Cold Harbor Tavern
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Old Cold Harbor Tavern (Burnett's Inn) in Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia; small frame structure with dorme…
Virginia State Capitol Building
1906-1920
Glass plate negative showing the southern facade of the Virginia State Capitol building in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Descriptio…
Main Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of Main Street between 10th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking east. Geographic Descr…
Egyptian Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an exterior view of the Egyptian Building (Medical College of Virginia) in Richmond, Virginia; view looking toward build…
Students and faculty
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a large group of unidentified men in suits posed on the steps outside a brick building.