Postcards of Richmond, Va, 1924-1978, n.d.

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Postcards of Richmond, Va, 1924-1978, n.d.

Sites depicted include Agecroft Hall, Battle Abey, Broad Street, Bryan Park, Byrd Park, the Capitol, Edgar Allan Poe House, the Executive Mansion, Maggie Walker High School, Maymont Park, Medical College of Virginia, Presidents Monroe's and Tyler's tombs in Hollywood Cemetery, Museum of the Confederacy, Richard E. Byrd Airport, Richmond Memorial Hospital, Richmond skyline, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. John's Church, St. Paul's Church, U.S. Tobacco Company model plant, view from Belle Isle, Virginia House, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Union University, Virginia World War I memorial.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Museum of the Confederacy Richmond, Va.

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St. John's Church (Richmond, Va.)

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Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Inc.

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Battle Abbey (Richmond, Va.)

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Sacred Heart Cathedral (Richmond, Va.)

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Art museum; Richmond, Va. From the description of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts records, 1919-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132799 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the nation's first state-supported art museum, opened to the public in 1936, "to promote education in the realm of art throughout the commonwealth," (Section 9-78, Code of Virginia). Partnership between private donors and state legislators, however established a pattern begun in 1919 when Joh...

War Memorial Carillon (Richmond, Va.)

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Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field (Richmond, Va.)

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Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia–d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia), was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of President William Henry Harrison....

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Va.)

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United States Tobacco Company

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Maggie Walker High School (Richmond, Va.)

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Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.)

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National Theological Institute with branches in Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, split apart after 1865 with the Washington branch becoming Wayland Seminary; 1869 the Richmond branch was named Colver Institute; in 1876 school was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly under the name Richmond Institute; in 1883 a college for women named Hartshorn Memorial College was founded by the ABHMS; with no women attending the Richmond Institu...

Virginia House (Richmond, Va.)

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Richmond Memorial Hospital (Richmond, Va.)

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Medical College of Virginia

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Agecroft Hall (Richmond, Va.)

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Virginia State Capitol (Richmond, Va.)

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St. Paul's Church (Richmond, Va.)

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Virginia Executive Mansion (Richmond, Va.)

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