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Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Original caption October 1930:
“Notables at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the death of General Robert E. Lee at Stratford, Oct. 12th. Left to right: Mrs. Mary Field of Conn.; Mrs. Breckinridge Long of Maryland; Mrs. Elise Packard of Maryland; Mrs. Granville Gray Valentine of Richmond in background; Mrs. Horace Van Devinter of Tenn; Mrs. J. Newton Lewis of Conn. ; Dr. John Garland Pollard, Governor of Virginia; Mrs. Charles D. Lanier, president of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation; Dr. Henry Louis Smith; Mrs. Harry B. Harris of MO; Mrs. R.A. Lancaster of Richmond; Mrs. Andrew J. Greer of SC; Mrs. A. C. Ford of Clifton Forge, state director for Virginia; Mrs. Rufus Garrett of Ark.; and Mrs. Thomas Floyd Smith of KY”

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro. Timberlake for Congress RALLY. Election Eve. Monday, Nov. 1, 1948, 8:00 PM, Lee High School Auditorium, Staunton, VA. 

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

The “Prof” asleep. Leon J. Hendrix of Lexington SC, 1937
Nettleton Family Photograph Collection

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Souvenir of The White City.
Vintage postcard on metal.

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Nettleton Family Photograph Collection

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

1969 Clown Calendar. 12 Full Color Clown Paintings, Suitable for Framing. Happiness is a Clown in Every Home.

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Nettleton Family Photograph Collection

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Picturesque Great Falls, VA.

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

The Killer!  … In Person! Jerry Lee Lewis coming to the John Cullin VFW Post Country Music Park, off the #250 by-pass East City Limits (Old Richmond Hyway) Charlottesville, VA. 

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Nettleton Family Photograph Collection

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

The Jones Family Goes to the Circus. Adams Bros. and Seils Bros Combined Circus, 1959.

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

The Greater Newport News Virginia Market. An Appraisal. 1941

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Greetings from Bridgewater, Va.

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

H & C Grill and Texaco Service Station, Chestnut Hill, Virginia

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Unidentified family album. Petersburg, VA.

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Southwestern Virginia Scenic Postcard Views. Scene on Lee Highway, Route No. 10, east of Wytheville. “Old Wilderness Roads Trail” used by Indians, trappers and settlers. …

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Irish Jaunting Car.

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Holiday Inn of Marion, Indiana.

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

The Jack O’ Lantern.
Menu.

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

When are you going to WRITE ?
Greeting card, 1938

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

The Virginia Company, Bill No. 30 For Account of the Month May 1891, In Favor of Norfolk & Western R.R. Co, Philadelphia. Hotel Roanoke, Maple Shade Inn, Bluefield …

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Nettleton Family Photograph Collection

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

The Lily of Killarney. The work of her arms develops her charms.

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Original caption January 21, 1932
“Mrs. Agnes Boeing Ilsley, New York Society matron, and Mina Duckner, her 62 year old maid, were found murdered in a cottage on the Ilsley estate in Middleburg, VA on Jan 13th. The bodies were found with skulls crushed, and the room showing signs of a terrific struggle. The main house of the estate had been leased. Photo shows Sheriff Eugene Adrain (left) and Deputy Sheriff Paul Alexander of Loudoun County, VA holding a bootjack, covered with blood, which was evidently used in the slaying.″

Recent Acquisition - Print Collection

Die Virginia - Universitaet
Hand-colored engraving; view of the University of Virginia, ca. 1845

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Albert
Unidentified family album. Petersburg, VA.

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Kingsland Baptist Church, Stop 26, Petersburg Pike, Richmond, VA. 
June 19, 1949

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

Music Capitol News. Serving Metro Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Vol. 3. No. 2, April-May 1971

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

…. because Americans are Individuals! ….Westinghouse offers in 1941 the first electric refrigerators with a variety of color-styled interiors!

Thalhimer’s Richmond, Virginia. Home Appliances - 5th Floor.
Ask about our S-P-A-C-E-D Payment Plan.

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Alice S. Hull, 5 mos old. 
A. H. Plecker, Successor to Van Ness Photographer, Lynchburg, VA

Nettleton Family Photograph Collection