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Virginia Maps and Prints Collection, 1858/1986

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The collection is made up of prints (nearly 120 images of Virginia and of Richmond taken from mid-to-late 19th century magazines, including Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper) and of 30 maps as well as other miscellaneous items. The emphasis of the collection is images of Richmond. The collection ranges in date from 1833 through 1966 though the bulk of the collection is dated from the 1860s-1880s. While some of the material in the collection was found in the department unidentified, other portions were purchased in 1984 and 1996.

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Engravings of Unknown Origin Folder 1

List of images
  1. Rev. James H. Holmes, D.D.
  2. "Virginia. - Method of removing snow from the streets of Richmond from a Sketch by C. Upham" - Showing three stereotyped African American men and horse.
  3. "Virginia. - The fatal explosion at the Midlothian coal mine, February 3rd - Carrying from the Shaft-cage a rescue party overcome by gas, from a sketch by F.C. Burroughs"
  4. "White House Landing, Pamunkey River, Va., The Grand Depot of the Commissariat and Ordnance Department of the Army Before Richmond."

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1858/1891 Folder 2

List of images
  1. July 31, 1858 - "Outside of the Warwick Mill, in which the city of Richmond Feasted the Seventh Regiment and Richmond Volunteers."
  2. June 24, 1865 - "View of Belle Island on the James River, Opposite Richmond."
  3. August 19, 1865 - "The new market, Corner of Market and Sixth Street, Richmond, Va."
  4. November 17, 1866 - "The Misses Cooke's School Room, Freedman's Bureau, Richmond, Va."
  5. March 30, 1867 - "Provincial Government House, Richmond, Va."
  6. April 27, 1867 - "Union Cemetery recently completed at Cold Harbor, Va."
  7. June 1, 1867 - "The arrival of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, on Saturday, May 11th - Passing up Main Street under Escort of Gen. Burton and U.S. Calvary."
  8. June 1, 1867 - "The arrival of Jefferson Davis on Board the Steamer John Sylvester, at Rockets's Landing, James River, Va., Saturday, May 11th."
  9. February 15, 1868 - "The state convention at Richmond, VA., In Session."
  10. January 19, 1878 - "Virginia. - The inauguration of Governor F.W.M. Holliday, At Richmond, January 1st."
  11. March 16, 1878 - "Virginia. - The Lewis Brooks Museum at the University of Virginia, In Charlottesville."
  12. November 8, 1879 - "Virginia. - Preliminary Celebration of the Centennial of Cornwallis's Surrender to Washington, at Yorktown, Oct. 23rd."
  13. June 17, 1882 - "Virginia. - The home and Tomb of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello."
  14. March 22, 1884 - "Virginia - The terrible disaster at the Pocahontas coal mines, March 13th - A young wife discovers the dead body of her husband, blown from the mouth of the mine."
  15. March 22, 1884 - "Virginia - The frightful disaster at the Pocahontas Coal Mines, March 13th - Scenes at the mouth of the mines after the explosion."
  16. May 31, 1884 - "The Virginia Battlefields - Visit of Members of the First Army Corps and Confederate officers to Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness, May 15th-17th."
  17. February 21, 1885 - "Virginia. - The unfinished monument of the mother of Washington, at Fredericksburg."
  18. August 22, 1885 - "Virginia. The Home of the Ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors at Richmond."; November 14, 1885 - "Scenes and incidents of a tour through Virginia. - A 'Construction-Train' on the Norfolk and Western Railroad."
  19. December 11, 1886 - "Virginia. - Richmond College, as Completed, with its new dormitories, library, museum and art halls."
  20. January 8, 1887 - "Virginia. - The new building of the Young Men's Christian Association, Richmond, just erected by the ladies of the city."
  21. May 21, 1887 - "Virginia. - Dedication of a monument to General John Sedgwick on the battlefield of Spottsylvania, May 12th."
  22. November 5, 1887 - "Virginia. - Southern Honors to the memory of the great Confederate chieftain - laying of the corner stone of the Robert E. Lee Monument at Richmond, October 27th."
  23. September 8, 1888 - "President Cleveland's fishing excursion to the headwaters of the James River - scene in New River Valley, one of the famous trouting resorts of the region."

Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1853 Folder 3

List of Images
  1. "Method of Loading Vessels at the coal depot, at Port Richmond."
  2. "View of Main street, Richmond, Virginia."
  3. April 16, 1853 - "Representation of the Equestrian Statue of Washington, at Richmond, Virginia."

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