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Richmond Professional Institute
6/29/1926
Original film negative showing the 900 block of W. Franklin Street, in the center of the campus of Richmond Professional Institute, Fan District, Ric…
Virginia Mechanics Institute
Circa 1888
Glass plate negative showing the Virginia Mechanics Institute building at 9th and Bank Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-s…
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[Presbyterian] Training School for Lay Workers
Circa 1925
Original film negative showing the (Presbyterian) Training School for Lay Workers (now the Presbyterian School of Christian Education) on Brook Road,…
Woman in Night Cap
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified African-American woman sitting in chair in front of a frame building; wears long skirts, apron and night cap …
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the marching band of St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; image of a gro…
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…
Oakwood Cemetery - Confederate Monument
Circa 1905
Glass plate negative showing a monument to the Confederate dead at Oakwood Cemetery in eastern Richmond, Virginia; text of memorial reads, "In memory…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking east from Gamble's Hill (?); grassy area with park ben…
Virginia Union University, Exterior
1899-1920
Glass plate negative showing the campus of Virginia Union University, Lombardy Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows Pickford Hall at center of ima…
Virginia Union University, Exterior
1899-1920
Glass plate negative showing the campus of Virginia Union University, Lombardy Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a grouping of stone buildings …
Medical College of Virginia, McGuire Hall, Exteri…
1/1922
Original film negative showing McGuire Hall, on the campus of the Medical College of Virginia, 12th and Clay Street, Court End, Richmond, Virginia; i…
Monte Maria Academy, Exterior
12/1922
Original film negative showing the Monte Maria Academy building, E. Grace Street, in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image of a three-story brick bu…
Elmira Shelton House
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Elmira Shelton house at 2407 E. Grace Street in Richmond, Virginia; two-story brick town house with dormer windows i…
Franklin School (Swansboro School)
1912-1920
Glass plate negative showing Franklin School (now Swansboro Elementary School), 3160 Midlothian Turnpike in the Battery Heights neighborhood, Richmon…
Ginter Park School
2/1916
Glass plate negative showing the "new" Ginter Park [Elementary] School, 3817 Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-story brick b…
Bainbridge (Junior High) School
1915-1920
Glass plate negative showing Bainbridge Junion High School, 1601 Bainbridge Street, in Manchester, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large, three-sto…
Bainbridge (Junior High) School
1916
Glass plate negative showing Bainbridge Junion High School, 1601 Bainbridge Street, in Manchester, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large, three-sto…
Highland Park School
1917
Glass plate negative showing a view of the Highland Park School on Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the back of a two-stor…
John Marshall High School
1909-1920
Glass plate negative of John Marshall High School, 8th and Marshall Streets in the Court End neighborhood, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-st…
Binford Junior High School
1916
Glass plate negative of Binford Junior High School, 1701 Floyd Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-story Gothic Reviv…
Binford Junior High School
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing Binford Junior High School, 1701 Floyd Avenue in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a brick Gothic Reviva…
Lancasterian School (Valley School)
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of the Lancasterian School (later the Valley School), 15th and Marshall Streets in Shockoe Valley, Richmond, Virginia; image sho…
Springfield School
4/29/1914
Glass plate negative of the Springfield School, 26th and Leigh Streets in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a three-story stone building o…
Madison School
6/12/1919
Glass plate negative of Madison School, 101 S. Madison Street in Monroe Ward, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a large brick and stone building with r…