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The Iron Brigade

Date: 1862
Description: Company I, 7th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, at Upton's Hill near Germantown, Virginia. The 7th was one of three Wisconsin regiments that was part...
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International Motor Truck Dealership and Service Station

Date: 1935
Description: International motor truck dealership and service station of E. Earl Shade. Also attached is a gas station island with Purol Pep and Conoco pumps. The stati...
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Opening of Pasteur Galt Apothecary Shop

Date: 10 27 1950
Description: Pictured are (L to R): Kenneth Chorly (Pres. of Colonial Williamsburg), Dr. Tom D. Rowe (Chair of National Pharmacy Week), and Robert P. Fischelis (Secret...
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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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International Metro Trans Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of an International Metro Trans delivery truck for Thalimers' Department Store(?) parked outside a house.
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The Marshall House

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Description: Exterior view of the Marshall house in which Elmer E. Ellsworth was shot.
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Steelworkers Strike

Date: 1980
Description: Distribution of picket signs to striking members of the United Steelworkers of America Local 8888. The local was on strike against Tenneco.
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McCormick Home Prepared for Filming

Date: 1929
Description: A production still of the McCormick home at Walnut Grove for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester ...
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McCormick Home Ready for Filming

Date: 1929
Description: Production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
Poster

Virginia Historical Pageant

Date: 1922
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Virginia Historical Pageant, held in Richmond, VA, May 22-28, 1922. Featuring the Henry Day Lowry Metropolit...
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Cars on Dirt Road to Town

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Description: Elevated view of two cars on a dirt road heading downhill. A town is in the valley below, and mountains are in the distance.
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Aerial View of Port in Cape Charles

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Description: An aerial view of the port and a section of the city showing a large boat, a railway depot, a park plaza and a grid of city streets with large buildings.
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Jefferson Davis Mansion

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Description: View across street toward the Jefferson Davis mansion. Caption reads: "Jefferson Davis Mansion, now Confederate Museum."
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Marshall House

Date: 1864
Description: Marshall House, in which Col. E.E. Ellsworth was shot on May 24, 1861.
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Landing Supplies

Date: 1864
Description: Supplies being landed from ships at City Point.
Print

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia

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Description: Currier & Ives lithograph of the fall of Richmond, April 2, 1865.
Poster

The Evacuation of Richmond, Virginia

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Description: "The Evacuation of Richmond Virginia. By the Government of the Southern Confederacy on the Night of April 2nd 1865." Before evacuating, the Confederates se...
Photograph

Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
Print

Libby Prison

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Description: Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t...
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Libby Prison

Date: 1863
Description: A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings.

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