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This collection contains eight photographs of Buchanan, Virginia, taken around the 1890s. Seen in the photographs are views of Main Street, Water Street, the James River at the railroad station, Martin's store, buildings on north bank of James River, and Pattonsburg.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 33 black & white photographs taken by Dale Belcher, of Floyd County, Virginia. The photographs depict Appalachian people, buildings, and traditional culture in Floyd, Lee, Montgomery, Patrick, and Scott counties, Virginia; Kentucky; North Carolina; and West Virginia. On the reverse side of each photo is a descriptive note by Belcher. Included are the following photographs: cabin (Carroll County), cornfield (Floyd County)(2), school near Terry's Fork (Floyd...

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This subseries consists primarily of presentation photographs of various architectural design projects, photographs of furniture and interior design projects and various portraits of Gottlieb, as well as a portrait of her long-time friend, Jane Duncomb; who is also a co-founder of Duncombe-Davidson architectural design firm.

Scope and Content From the Collection: These photographs depict the conditions of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville, Virginia. These photographs, taken around 1930, show the conditions in which tenant farmers lived and worked during the Great Depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to improve the conditions of farmers around the country with his New Deal legislation, making parity payments to landowners who were then expected to share these...

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Six photographs of the VPI Corps of Cadets from 1927 or 1928 in various stages of decorum. Includes photographs of the Corps marching in formation and in costume for the Rat Parade, and the condition of the barracks after Class Night.

Scope and Content From the Record Group: The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service Photographs, RG 26/2b, contains approximately 5,000 photographs of activities of the Agricultural Extension Service from 1937 thru 1966, primarily in the 1950s. Photographs depict 4-H activities, home demonstration work, food, breeding, field stations, gardening, poultry, dairy, and other subjects. The collection contains photographs that were compiled into the book College of the Fields: Highlights of the Virginia...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from a Virginian Railway Company Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents. Dates on the photographs range from 1948 to 1959. 42 of the photographs are neither dated nor identified. Identified photographs are of trains at specific stations and rail cars associated with Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated. One particular photograph cites the place,...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from a Virginian Railway Company Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents. Dates on the photographs range from 1948 to 1959. 42 of the photographs are neither dated nor identified. Identified photographs are of trains at specific stations and rail cars associated with Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated. One particular photograph cites the place,...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from a Virginian Railway Company Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents. Dates on the photographs range from 1948 to 1959. 42 of the photographs are neither dated nor identified. Identified photographs are of trains at specific stations and rail cars associated with Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated. One particular photograph cites the place,...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains three photographs from the Appalachian Electric Power Company. The American Gas and Electric Company purchased the Appalachian Power Company in 1925, merging units in middle-Appalachia in order to create the Appalachian Electric Power Company. The photograph in this collection of A.E.P. Company's First Aid Class is taken shortly after the merger, in 1931. It is unclear whether the photograph pictures employees, volunteers, or other important contributors to the...