James River and Kanawha Canal

Dock Street at 17th Street, Captain Herbert's [Se…

Edith K. Shelton Photograph C…

10/1955

35mm color slide of Dock Street near 17th Street, near Shockoe Bottom; image shows Captain Herbert's Seafood Boat, a barge with one story frame struc…

Ruins of Richmond, May 1865. Rear of large flouri…

Civil War

May 1865

1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 210 x 306 mm, page 338 x 451 mm. | Photograph shows canal leading to destroyed Gallego Flour Mills with other in…

Canal Near South 12th and East Byrd Streets

Memory Lab Community Contribu…

1982-08

A view of the canal near South 12th and East Byrd streets. Canal--Virginia--Richmond This item was donated to Richmond Public Library by Barbara Ho…

[Police Try to Pull Abandoned Car Out of Canal]

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

6/8/1989

Black and white photograph of two Richmond Police officers attempting to position a car abandoned in the canal so that it can be pulled out; image sh…

Site of Canal Lock

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

3/13/1967

Black and white photograph of the site of an old canal lock in the area of 11th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; James Park of the Ri…

Site of Canal Lock

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

3/13/1967

Black and white photograph of the site of an old canal lock in the area of 11th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a surfac…

Site of Canal Lock

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

3/13/1967

Black and white photograph of the site of an old canal lock in the area of 11th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-le…

Site of Canal Lock

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

3/13/1967

Black and white photograph of the site of an old canal lock in the area of 11th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a two-le…

Aerial View of Gamble's Hill

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

Circa 1958

Black and white aerial photograph of Gamble's Hill looking west; Pratt's Castle at 4th and Arch Streets is visible in the center of the image; the ca…

Sitting on the Walking Tour

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

6/27/1971

Black and white photograph of Ralph Munroe pointing out the location of reconstruction begun on the Kanawha Canal locks to a group of Young Americans…

Mrs. Tabb (right), Two Companions Survey Lock at …

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

12/5/1970

Black and white photograph of Mrs. Tabb and two of her friends looking at the James River and Kanawha canal lock on Virginia Street in Richmond, Virg…

Lying in the Mud

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

5/28/1977

Black and white photograph of a 300-pound Army artillery shell in the mud of the Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Virginia; the previously fired shell wa…

Site of Canal Lock

Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo…

3/13/1967

Black and white photograph of the site of an old canal lock in the area of 11th and 12th Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; James Park of the Ri…

Libby Prison

Cook Photograph Collection

Circa 1861-1880

Glass plate double negative showing Civil War-era Libby Prison on the banks of the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia. Geographic D…

Richmond Arsenal

Cook Photograph Collection

Circa 1869

Glass plate negative showing the Richmond Arsenal (or Armory) after the evacuation fire of 1865; large brick building sits on the banks of the James …

Gambles Hill panorama

Cook Photograph Collection

1880-1920

Glass plate negative showing a panoramic view of the James River industrial area at Richmond, Virginia from Gambles Hill; park benches sit on edge of…

View of Richmond Harbor and Docks

Cook Photograph Collection

1880-1920

Glass plate negative showing a view of the docks at the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia; boat docked at wharf. Geographic Descri…

[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

March 1990

Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works

[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

March 1990

Original Binder Label: Archived 10 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works

[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

March 1990

Original Binder Label: Archived 10 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works

[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

June 1990

Original Binder Label: Archived 10 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works

[Archived 4 binder. No title on slide.]

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

October 1965

Original Binder Label: Archived 4 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works

Looking E. from Lee Bridge

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

November 1971

Original Binder Label: Archived 4 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works City/Loca…

Reynolds-Locks

Richmond Comprehensive Planni…

Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…