Photographic negatives of Richmond, Va., events [graphic], 1948-1973.

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Photographic negatives of Richmond, Va., events [graphic], 1948-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/698377549

Images include Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower on a train near Richmond during his whistlestop campaign, 1952; tobacco festival parades of 1958, 1959; James Arness as Grand Marshal of an unidentified Tobacco Festival Parade; Little Johnnie of Philip Morris in a tobacco festival parade; the Miss Teenage Richmond pageant, including a photograh of Denise Bethel, 1968; Faron Young performing at the [Virginia State Fair?] and fireworks, 1973; Jake Plumstead and Hell Drivers at the State Fair, 1973; unidentified male singer performing in the grandstand at the State Fair, 1975; a U. S. Navy blimp, undated; and Henrico County Fire Dept., undated. The collection also contains photographs of an unidentified Civil War re-enactments, 1953, 1958; the Roanoke County Courthouse in Salem, Va.; a Junior Miss pageant; a Kitchen Maid demonstration kitchen; a meeting of the Virginia Gun Collector's Association; Piedmont Airlines; and Hove family events including Halloween, Christmas, birthdays, and vacations. The collection contains negatives of unidentified sports teams; unidentified beach scenes; stock car races at the Darlington raceway, 1951; gun collectors and shows; a miniature train set up; the Holidays band; Christmas tree and celebration; a hat store; a dirigible; sharp shooting teams; Confederate re-enactors, 2nd Regiment Stonewall Brigade, 1964?, 1969; the North South Skirmish Association; double barrelled cannon, Athens, Ga.; Thomas Newton Quintette; Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Va.; Washington County Courthouse; a Ford truck driven by Hove for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, 1948; assorted billboards and commercial signs; family trailer at the [Daytona 500?]; a telephone company Christmas party [?] at the Gim Din Restaurant; basketball, baseball and bowling teams sponsored by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; switchboard girls at the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company; Snow & Ferguson Motor Company and wrecked cars; telephone lines on Hull Street Road, Virginia Route 360 near Linda's Drive-In; the Jamestown Expositon, 1957; and a snow scene in Bryan Park, Richmond, Va. There is also a color transparency of a Packard, and a clipping from a company newsletter of Al Hove starting off the Richmond Mixed League bowling season.

424 photos : negatives; 13 x 10cm. & smaller

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8000503

University of Virginia. Library

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Richmond freelance photographer. From the description of Photographic negatives of Richmond, Va., events [graphic], 1948-1973. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 698377549 ...

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