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City Auditorium
1907-1920
Glass plate negative of the City Auditorium at 900 W. Cary Street (now the Cary Street Recreational Complex on the Virginia Commonwealth University c…
Richmond Theatre
Circa 1889
Glass plate negative of the Richmond Theatre on Theater Row (7th and Broad Streets) in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a multi-story Classic…
St. John's (German) Evangelical Lutheran Church
1908-1920
Glass plate negative of St. John's (German) Evangelical Lutheran Church at 8th and Marshall Streets in the Court End area of downtown Richmond, Virgi…
Confederate Veterans Home
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Confederate Veterans (Camp Lee Soldiers') Home on the Boulevard in the Museum District, Richmond, Virginia; image sh…
Hotel Richmond
Post 1904
Glass plate negative showing the Hotel Richmond, 9th Street, across from the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; image shows a group of men…
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the main sanctuary of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 815 E. Grace Street in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view from gallery…
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior
Circa 1895-1901
Glass plate negative showing a fire at the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows fire engine in foreground; another fire engine with ladde…
Jefferson Hotel, Exterior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Franklin Street facade of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Monroe…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the Bridal (suite) Parlor; ornately decorated r…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the main lobby from the upper gallery level; ma…
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a formal dining room with linen-covered tables …
Jefferson Hotel, Interior
Circa 1895-1901
Glass plate negative showing an interior view of the Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia; image shows the main lobby before the fire of 1901; large r…
Lyric Theatre, Exterior
Circa 1913-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Lyric Theatre on Theater Row, 901 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; image shows a brick building with awning over…
Woman with Rolls
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an unidentified African-American woman displaying a pan of bread rolls; woman, in long dress and cap, stands outside at the b…
St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural Institute
Circa 1900
Glass plate negative showing the wagon making shop at St. Emma Industrial & Agricultural Institute at Belmead Plantation, Powhatan County; image show…
Blandford Cemetery - Confederate Monument
Circa 1890
Glass plate negative showing a monument to the Confederate dead at the Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia. Geographic Description: Petersbur…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
8/19/1915
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking east towards downtown Richmond, Virginia from across M…
Libby Prison
1880-1920
Glass plate negative of an original stereograph (?) showing a view of Libby Prison, E. Cary and S. 20th Streets, Shockoe Bottom, Richmond, Virginia; …
Laburnum House
12/26/1914
Glass plate negative showing the grounds of the third Laburnum house (1908), Westwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, after a heavy snow. Inscription: W…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
1932
Original nitrate film negative (1932) showing the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey) on the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows t…
Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey)
1932
Original nitrate film negative (1932) of the Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey) on the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia; image shows the wa…
Thomas Jefferson High School, Exterior
Circa 1930
Glass plate negative (or film negative, ca. 1930) showing Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia; image of the Grace Street side of the b…
J. E. B. Stuart School, Exterior
1935
Original film negative showing J. E. B. Stuart School, 3101 Fendall Avenue on the north side of Richmond, Virginia; image of a multi-story brick buil…
Southern Railway Depot
1880-1920
Glass plate negative (ca. 1906) showing the Southern Railway Depot on 14th Street in Richmond, Virginia; image of a brick building with square tower …