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Old Stone House [untitled], Richmond Virginia

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Description: Carry me back to old Virginia. Poe Shrine, at Richmond, Virginia. Erected about 1686, the building is probably the oldest in Richmond. Although it has no direct association with Edgar Allan Poe, the great Southern poet and writer, it is now a repository for some of Poe's important papers and other possessions...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested...Reference ,44 ( http://dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/postcard,44 ) ..Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards ( http://go.vcu.edu/postcards )

This VCU Libraries collection shows early twentieth century Richmond, Virginia as seen through over 600 vintage postcards. Many of these images include buildings and structures that either no longer exist or have since been altered. The subject matter of these postcards also lends insight into the social and cultural attitudes of those times.

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Postcards from Richmond, VA

Twentieth century Richmond, Virginia as seen through over 600 vintage postcards by VCU Libraries.
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[Characters from the books of Charles Dickens]

Old Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.

Walt Whitman Birthplace, Amityville Road (State Route 110), West Hills, Suffolk County, NY

View of James River showing Belt Line Bridge, Richmond, Va.

Washington Monument in Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.

Tiddy-doll the great French-gingerbread-baker drawing out a new batch of kings

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-05-07_SOI_K_ABG_Event] Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks.] [48-DPA-10-05-07_SOI_K_ABG_Event_DOI_3069.JPG]

Frame building in clearing - photo by William Henry Jackson

Stephen Putney Shoe Co., Richmond, Va.

Authors of the United States - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Objects, tile, a souvenir of Hawthorne

[Assignment: 48-DPA-06-29-08_SOI_K_WGA_Con] Activities at the Western Governors' Association Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [joined a host of dignitaries, among them Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, and NBC correspodent and author Tom Brokaw] [48-DPA-06-29-08_SOI_K_WGA_Con_DSC_0169.JPG]

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