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Fireman Coleman F. Jones Mans the Tiller on City'…
Finnegan Photograph Collection
3/14/1947
Black and white photograph of Richmond fireman, Coleman F. Jones manning the tiller on Richmond, Virginia's newest fire truck; image shows Jones, in …
11th and Broad Streets
Mary Wingfield Scott Photogra…
12/1962
Color slide showing the intersection of 11th and Broad Streets in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia; Sparkle Laundry and Esso gas stat…
Mayo Bridge
Richmond Department of Public…
Circa 1940
Black and white photograph showing a view of the Mayo Bridge (14th Street) in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking north across the James River.…
![[Aerial View of Richmond]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/9589/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Aerial View of Richmond]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
3/29/1984
Black and white photograph of downtown Richmond; aerial view; Manchester Bridge at left; Capitol building at bottom right. Inscription: Stamped __Or…
![[Movie Night at the Carpenter Center]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/10322/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Movie Night at the Carpenter Center]
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…
4/7/1989
Black and white photograph of moviegoers arriving at the Carpenter Center for festivities honoring the 50th anniversary of "Gone With the Wind" and t…
Fire on Main Street
Charles Taft Peters, Jr. Phot…
3/1985
Color photograph showing an 8-alarm fire in progress near the 1300 block of Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows Red Cross vehicl…
Fire on Main Street
Charles Taft Peters, Jr. Phot…
3/1985
Color photograph showing an 8-alarm fire in progress near the 1300 block of Main Street, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image, taken from above, sho…
Sixth Street Marketplace Construction
Charles Taft Peters, Jr. Phot…
1984-1985
Color photograph showing construction of the Sixth Street Marketplace at Broad and 6th Streets, in downtown Richmond, Virginia; view looking west dow…
501 E. Broad Street, Miller & Rhoads
1880-1920
Original film negative showing an expansion of the Miller & Rhoads Department Store building at 5th and Broad Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia;…
Richmond, Virginia Center City Panorama
1890-1905
Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of center city, Richmond, Virginia; view looking west from Richmond City Hall along Grace and Broad Str…
Medical College of Virginia, Egyptian Building
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the Egyptian Building, one of the first buildings on the Medical College of Virginia campus, at 1223 E. Marshall Street …
Coal Truck
1880-1920
Original film negative showing a S. H. Hawes & Company Coal truck parked at the base of Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia; steps down from the Monte…
W. Franklin Street
1880-1920
Glass plate negative showing the intersection of Belvidere and W. Franklin Streets in Richmond, Virginia; view looking east. Geographic Description:…
Broad St. looking West, Richmond, Va.
Postmarked: 1914 City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
OD Skyline South
Richmond Comprehensive Planni…
April 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived 10 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works
Belle Island
Richmond Comprehensive Planni…
June 1991
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pi…
Christmas Lights
Reinier Hendriksen Photograph…
Circa 1965
Color slide showing the facades of Thalhimers and Miller and Rhoads department stores strung with holiday lights; view looking east along Broad Stree…
Stucco Cottage
W. Harrison Pringle Photograp…
Circa 1927
Black and white photograph showing a small, one-story stucco house with tile roof, possibly on the northside of Richmond, Virginia; likely designed b…
Hollywood Cemetery
John O. Peters Hollywood Ceme…
3/21/2008
Color slide showing a view of the Hollywood Cemetery chapel from the south bank of the James River; Hollywood Cemetery in the Oregon Hill neighborho…
House on U.S. Route 1/301
Adolph B. Rice Studio Collect…
August 13, 1954
Title: House on U.S. Route 1/301 Creator: Adolph B. Rice Studio Date: August 13, 1954 Identifier: Rice Collection 405F Format: 1 negative,…
![Franklin St., Monument Av., West Av. 18> [""West Av."" is circled]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/18/2/thumbnail.webp)
M Street
Mary Wingfield Scott Photogra…
1950-1955
Color slide showing a brick double house at 1817-1819 M Street in the Chimborazo area of Richmond, Virginia; two-story structure with one center chim…