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St. James St. to Barton Heights
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
4/1954
Black and white photograph showing street running through neighborhood; two-story house at left, in front of railroad tracks; trees and houses throug…
533 Brook Road
Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…
8/1955
35mm color slide with view of 533 Brook Road, in Jackson Ward; small brick building with green frame trim in center of image; young girl in dress wal…
Washington's headquarters, Richmond, Va.
ca. 1900
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, united states, military headquarters, richmond, washington, george, stone buildings, h…
Japanese palm garden, Jefferson hotel, Richmond, …
between 1905 and 1920
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, palms, hotels, richmond, rotundas, united states, virginia Locations: united states, r…
Lobby and grand staircase, Jefferson Hotel, Richm…
c1908.
1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. Subjects: dry plate negatives, lobbies, richmond, hotels, united states, virginia, stairways Locations: united states…
Belle Isle, James River, Richmond, Va., April, 18…
photographed 1865, [printed between 1880 and 1889]
1 photograph : albumen print on card mount. | Photograph shows a view of Belle Isle from Richmond side of James River with some homes in the distance…
Pump House
Richmond Department of Public…
Circa 1920
Black and white photograph showing the Pump House on the James River and Kanawha Canal in the Byrd Park area of Richmond, Virginia; mounted on board.…
Cary Court Shopping Center during the Covid-19 Pa…
Richmond Covid-19 Photograph …
4/2020
Digital photograph showing masked customers waiting outside shops in the Cary Court Shopping Center in Richmond, Virginia; health and safety measures…
Flooding at Dock Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
6/5/1979
Black and white photograph of a man standing against railing and looking out at flooding in street; Dock Street, near Lone Star Cement company in Ric…
Overturned Truck on Clay Street
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/31/1974
Black and white photograph of a white truck overturned in the middle of intersection at Clay and 3rd Streets in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia; But…
Demolition for Richmond Coliseum Begins
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
10/3/1967
Black and white photograph of the beginning of demolition on the site of the future Richmond Coliseum in downtown Richmond, Virginia (St. James Stree…
Bird's Eye View of Broad Street Station
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
12/2/1967
Black and white photograph of a parking area at the Broad Street Station train depot in Richmond, Virginia; image, taken from above, shows numerous c…
Moldavia
John G. Zehmer Slide Collecti…
8/1976
Color slide showing an earlier black and white photograph of Moldavia (Randolph-Gallego-Allan House) at 5th and Main Streets in downtown Richmond, Vi…
Grove Avenue
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a view of Grove Avenue at Meadow Street looking east; Fan District of Richmond, Virginia; Tabernacle Baptist Church vi…
6th and E. Franklin Streets
1925
Original film negative showing the Cameron House on the southwest corner of 6th and E. Franklin Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view of a thr…
![[The Grove] Apartment Building](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/15813/1/thumbnail.webp)
[The Grove] Apartment Building
4/1917
Glass plate negative of the Grove (?) Apartment building at Grove Avenue and Lombardy Street, in the Fan District, Richmond, Virginia; image shows th…
James River at Belle Isle
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing a view of the James River and Belle Isle from the north bank at Richmond, Virginia; Old Dominion Iron Works visible in d…
Caroline Cox and Dogs
Mary Brett Oregon Hill Photog…
11/1998
Color photograph showing Caroline Cox, and dogs Scruffy and Nixon, all residents of the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; Cox in shorts…
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[Archived 12 binder. No title on slide.]
Richmond Comprehensive Planni…
December 1976
Original Binder Label: Archived 12 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
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[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on …
Richmond Comprehensive Planni…
June 1991
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
20 S. 13th St.
Richmond Commission of Archit…
September 1979
General Area Covered: Shockoe Slip Original Binder Label: Shockoe Slip 1 Subject: Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works;…
James River and Kanawha Canal Preservation
James River and Kanawha Canal…
Circa 1971
Black and white aerial photograph showing construction of a Reynolds Metals Company distribution center near12th and Byrd Streets in downtown Richmon…
309 Albemarle Avenue
W. Harrison Pringle Photograp…
Circa 1922
Black and white photograph showing a newly completed house at 309 Albemarle Avenue in the Stonewall Court area of Richmond, Virginia; two-story Medit…
Oregon Hill - Downtown Expressway
Lynn Abbott Oregon Hill Photo…
1974
Black and white film negative showing demolition at S. Pine and Cumberland Streets in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; clearing la…