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The president & directors of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky promise to pay ... or bearer, twelve & a half cents, on demand at their ... branch bank. Frankfort, ... 1822.

The president & directors of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky ...

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Broad Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Broad Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: Broad Street is true to its name, being nearly twice as wide as any other street in Richmond. It extends in a straight line the full length of the City, and is equally broad at all points. At nig... More

Main Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Main Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Manufacturer: A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is reque... More

A Russian sailor wears his dress uniform in honor of a U.S. Navy visit to the port. The guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) and the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-987) are visiting Severomorsk as part of an ongoing exchange between the navies of the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States

A Russian sailor wears his dress uniform in honor of a U.S. Navy visit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Severomorsk Naval Base Country: Russia (RUS) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Tony Alleyne Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Watts Hall, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.

Watts Hall, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va.

Description: Union Theological Seminary. This is the oldest and largest Presbyterian Training School for Ministers in the South. It was founded at Hampden-Sidney in 1812, removed to Ginter Park, Richmond, Va.... More

Glimpse of Broad Street, Richmond, Va.

Glimpse of Broad Street, Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is... More

Glimpse of Broad Street, Richmond, Va.

Glimpse of Broad Street, Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is... More

Valentine Museum, View of the Main Hall from the Vestibule, Richmond, Va.

Valentine Museum, View of the Main Hall from the Vestibule, Richmond, ...

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as... More

Thomas Jefferson High School, Richmond, Va

Thomas Jefferson High School, Richmond, Va

Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is... More

Sixth Street Market, Richmond, VA

Sixth Street Market, Richmond, VA

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Detroit Publishing Co...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virgini... More

Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Virginia

Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Virginia

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME...Date Postmarked: [hand stamped Mar 29 1910]..Rights: This item is in the public... More

T.W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. [no title]

T.W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. [no title]

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: 1911..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source i... More

Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. postcard

Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: During the war this site was used a recruiting and drill-ground, and afterwards as the State Fair grounds. Is now situated in the heart of the fashionable residence section of the City. Its shady... More

Plan of Canberra, the Federal Capital of the Commonwealth of Australia /

Plan of Canberra, the Federal Capital of the Commonwealth of Australia...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

ROOSEVELT SIGNS PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE PROCLAMATION TERMINATING THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ESTABLISHING THE COMMONWEALTH UNDER A CONSTITUTIONAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO WISHED THE PHILIPPINO PEOPLE GOOD LUCK. FROM THE LEFT: SECRETARY CORDELL HULL, GEN. MALIN CRAIG, CHIEF OF STAFF, AND ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING. SECRETARY GEORGE DERN IS IN THE PHILIPPINES AT THIS TIME

ROOSEVELT SIGNS PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEV...

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An Aeroflot An-124 cargo aircraft takes off after being loaded with equipment donated to the Commonwealth of Independent States by local hospitals

An Aeroflot An-124 cargo aircraft takes off after being loaded with eq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony Lambert Release Status: R... More

An Aeroflot An-124 cargo aircraft taxis after landing. The plane is at the base to pick up equipment donated to the Commonwealth of Independent States by local hospitals

An Aeroflot An-124 cargo aircraft taxis after landing. The plane is at...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Tony Lambert Release Sta... More

Commonwealth of Independent States--Central Asian states.

Commonwealth of Independent States--Central Asian states.

"802868AI (R00030) 6-02." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes note.

Gen. A.P. Hill Monument, Richmond, Va.

Gen. A.P. Hill Monument, Richmond, Va.

Description: On the Hermitage road, three miles north of the City. Unveiled May 30th, 1891. General Hill was the last Confederate General killed in battle, being mortally wounded in front of Petersburg, Va., ... More

Greetings from Richmond, Virginia

Greetings from Richmond, Virginia

Manufacturer: Capitol News Agency, Richmond, Va...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is re... More

Mosque or Shrine Temple, Laurel and Main St. Richmond, Va.

Mosque or Shrine Temple, Laurel and Main St. Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is... More

Broad Street Methodist Church, Richmond, Va.

Broad Street Methodist Church, Richmond, Va.

Description: Broad Street Methodist Church is located at Tenth and Broad Streets in the downtown section of Richmond, Virginia. The church was built in 1859 and has a large part in the religious life of the ci... More

Panoramic photo of A. C. Burrage's residence, 314 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.

Panoramic photo of A. C. Burrage's residence, 314 Commonwealth Ave., B...

H38180 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 14, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41972. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Sixth Street Market, Richmond, Va.

Sixth Street Market, Richmond, Va.

Description: 1908..Manufacturer: Detroit Publishing Co...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a sourc... More

Main Street, from Post Office, Richmond, Va.

Main Street, from Post Office, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: 1908..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source i... More

Idlewood Amusement Park, Richmond, Va.

Idlewood Amusement Park, Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York..Date Postmarked: 1910..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested...Refe... More

A port view of the Russian nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser ADMIRAL USHAKOV, left, moored beside the guided missile cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV. The ADMIRAL USHAKOV still bears its original name, KIROV, on its gangplank. The two vessels are in port during a visit by two U.S. Navy ships, the guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) and the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-987), which are taking part in an ongoing exchange between the navies of the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States

A port view of the Russian nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser ADMI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Severomorsk Naval Base Country: Russia (RUS) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Tony Alleyne Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

US Army General Tommy R. Franks (left), Commander in CHIEF, United States Central Command and an unidentified Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Major General make their way to the viewing platform for the start of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 15 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by US Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North ...

US Army General Tommy R. Franks (left), Commander in CHIEF, United Sta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army General Tommy R. Franks (left), Commander in Chief, United States Central Command and an unidentified Commonwealth of I... More

A list of the polls and estates, real and personal, of the several proprietors and inhabitants of the town of Watertown in the county of Middlesex taken, pursuant to an act of the general court of this commonwealth, passed in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one, entitled, “An act for ascertaining the rateable property within this Commonwealth," by the subscribers, assessors of the said Watertown duly elected and sworn.

A list of the polls and estates, real and personal, of the several pro...

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Portrait of Poe - Edgar Allan Poe Shrine

Portrait of Poe - Edgar Allan Poe Shrine

Description: Portrait of Poe, The Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Richmond, Va. Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, copied for the Poe Shrine from a daguerreotype owned by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Clemin...Manufacturer: Tichno... More

Human Confederate Flag., Richmond Virginia

Human Confederate Flag., Richmond Virginia

Description: [on front] 'And 'twill live in song and story, Though its folds are in the dust.' [on back] One of the most pleasing as well as spectacular features of the great re-union of C.S.A. Veterans, which ... More

Murphy's Hotel, (Eight and Broad Streets.), Richmond, Va.

Murphy's Hotel, (Eight and Broad Streets.), Richmond, Va.

Description: In this twelve story structure Richmond's see more than a modern hotel. Like milestones in Richmond's growth since the War have stood in succession the hostelries of Col. John Murphy around this s... More

Hotel John Marshall, Richmond, Va.

Hotel John Marshall, Richmond, Va.

Description: Hotel John Marshall -- Located at the corner of 5th and Franklin Streets is the center of Prosperity, over looking the entire city. Six blocks from the home of Chief Justice John Marshall, U.S.A..... More

Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Va.

Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Va.

Description: This magnificent structure representing the last word in architecture, designed for security and service, rises a hundred and ten feet with six stories above and two below the surface. The annex i... More

Hotel and Apartment House for Col. John Murphy, Richmond, Va.

Hotel and Apartment House for Col. John Murphy, Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: Tom Jones, Pub. Cin. O...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested...R... More

Statue of Henry Clay, Capitol Park, Richmond, Va.

Statue of Henry Clay, Capitol Park, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Miller & Rhoads, Richmond, Va...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the... More

Capitol Hotel, Modern, Fireproof, Inexpensive, Central

Capitol Hotel, Modern, Fireproof, Inexpensive, Central

Description: The Capitol Hotel, Richmond, Va. Single Room, $1.50, 2.00, 2.50 Add $1.00 each additional person, Special Rate to Groups...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domai... More

Main Street East. Richmond, Va.

Main Street East. Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: American News Company, New York..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of th... More

Virginia Union University, North Lombardy Street, Richmond, Va.

Virginia Union University, North Lombardy Street, Richmond, Va.

Description: This Christian Institution of learning, chartered in 1896, is under the control of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Its object is the moral and intellectual uplift of Afro-Americans. It... More

Filipino Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Mrs. Solomon V. Arnaldo, wife of research director of Philippine Commonwealth and Miss Maren Ugarte, a secretary in commonwealth

Filipino Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Mrs. Solomon V....

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five. An act for the regulation of navigation and commerce ... [Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1785].

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Ford 2415.; Evans 19083. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 42, Fo... More

Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study /

Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study /

Maps on lining paper. "Research completed September 1987." Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-728) and index. Also available in digital form.

Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study /

Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean : a regional study /

Maps on lining paper. "Research completed September 1987." Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-728) and index. Also available in digital form.

'Is Two over One Railroad Fare?' [no title]

'Is Two over One Railroad Fare?' [no title]

Description: This unique photograph presents to view the only point in the world where three trunk line trains cross each other, at the same time and over their separate tracks. At the top is shown a passenger ... More

A list of the polls and estates, real and personal, of the several proprietors and inhabitants of the town of Watertown in the county of Middlesex taken, pursuant to an act of the general court of this commonwealth, passed in this year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, entitled, “An act to ascertain the rateable estate within this Commonwealth," by the subscribers, assessors of the said Town of Watertown duly elected and sworn.

A list of the polls and estates, real and personal, of the several pro...

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Egyptian Building [no title], Richmond Virginia

Egyptian Building [no title], Richmond Virginia

Description: The Medical College of Virginia, Egyptian Building, Built 1845, Richmond, Va...Manufacturer: Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Conn...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the p... More

Richmond Light Infantry Blues-Armory (6th and Marshall Sts.) Richmond, Va.

Richmond Light Infantry Blues-Armory (6th and Marshall Sts.) Richmond,...

Description: The 'Blues' is one of the oldest and most widely known military organizations in the U.S., and election to membership in one of its Companies is a highly prized honor. Was organized May 10, 1789, ... More

Hotel Rueger (9th and Bank Streets), Richmond, Va.

Hotel Rueger (9th and Bank Streets), Richmond, Va.

Description: 'Hotel Rueger' is Richmond's newest and most modern fire-proof hotel. Located in the heart of the business district and occupying a commanding position overlooking the Capitol Square with its hist... More

Home of The Massey Business College, Richmond, Va.

Home of The Massey Business College, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as... More

'Canyon' of Richmond, Richmond Virginia

'Canyon' of Richmond, Richmond Virginia

Description: Richmond's Banking and Skyscraper section is composed of a number of towering buildings constantly being added to. On the right of card in the foreground is the First National Bank Building, behin... More

Richmond Hotel, Richmond, Va postcard

Richmond Hotel, Richmond, Va postcard

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of th... More

North American elk from "The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government. [By various authors.] Edited by N. S. Shaler ... With many illustrations"

North American elk from "The United States of America. A study of the ...

This image has been taken from scan 000047 from volume 01 of "The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work ... More

Cary Street, Richmond, Va. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cary Street, Richmond, Va. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Date Postmarked: 1911..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested...Reference URL: dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/postcard,294 ... More

Murphy's Hotel, Richmond, Va. postcard

Murphy's Hotel, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: This new, magnificent hotel was opened to the public in October 1913. In center of retail and residential section and on direct street car service to all depots. It has the reputation of being th... More

Study plan for early independence of Philippines. Washington, D.C., April 19. Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre, (left) and Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines, pictured as they attended the initial session of a joint conference of American and Philippine experts to survey the economic readiness of the commonwealth for independence at early date. The Committee, meeting at the State Department, will prepare a report to an Interdepartmental Committee for consideration by President Roosevelt, 4/19/1937

Study plan for early independence of Philippines. Washington, D.C., Ap...

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ACCA Temple Mosque, A.A.O.N.M.S., Richmond, VA.

ACCA Temple Mosque, A.A.O.N.M.S., Richmond, VA.

Description: ACCA Temple Mosque, A.A.O.N.M.S., This Temple is located at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets and is devoted exclusively to use by shriners. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 5,000 and ... More

Junc't., Commonwealth Ave. and Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Junc't., Commonwealth Ave. and Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

H37361 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; October 27, 1903. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Commonwealth Electric Company, Fisk Street Electrical Generating Station, 1111 West Cermak Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Commonwealth Electric Company, Fisk Street Electrical Generating Stati...

Significance: The original Fisk Street powerhouse, built in 1903, contained the world's most powerful Curtis steam-turbine generator. Manufactured by General Electric, this vertical steam-turbine generator pro... More

Valentine Museum [presentation drawing by M. Wright and Son, architects]

Valentine Museum [presentation drawing by M. Wright and Son, architect...

Description: [front:] Marcellus Wright and Sons, Architect, G.C. Stone Del.[reverse:] The Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia including Bransford - Cecil Memorial House, built 1840, re-erected 1954...Manufactu... More

Murphy's Hotel, (8th & Broad Sts.) Richmond, Va.

Murphy's Hotel, (8th & Broad Sts.) Richmond, Va.

Description: 'Murphy's' has grown from a one-room oyster restaurant to its present commanding size and capacity, throwing out a tentacle across 8th St. in the process, it has recently attached to itself a new b... More

Broad Street looking East from 6th Street, Richmond, Va.

Broad Street looking East from 6th Street, Richmond, Va.

Description: Broad Street, a shopping center near Monumental Church, Broad Street, which erected on the site of a large wooden building in which the Constitution, framed at Philadelphia, was ratified by Virgini... More

Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. postcard

Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: During the war this site was used as a recruiting and drill ground, and afterwards as the State Fair Grounds. Is now situated in the fashionable residence section of the City. Its shady walks and ... More

City Hall (Tenth and Broad Streets), Richmond, Va.

City Hall (Tenth and Broad Streets), Richmond, Va.

Description: This imposing building, constructed of Virginia granite, was completed in 1894 at a cost of over $1,500,000. Here are the offices of the Chiefs of City Departments as well as various Municipal Cou... More

Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. postcard

Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. postcard

Manufacturer: A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York..Date Postmarked: 1908..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested...Refe... More

Old Stone House, The Edgar Allen Poe Shrine, Richmond, Va.

Old Stone House, The Edgar Allen Poe Shrine, Richmond, Va.

Description: This venerable building with its weather-worn walls of stone boulders, is reputed to be the oldest in the city, having been erected (probably in 1737) , by Jacob Ege, a German emigrant in whose fam... More

Tobacco Warehouse Scene, Richmond, Va.

Tobacco Warehouse Scene, Richmond, Va.

Description: A Scene Typically Southern is this marketing of bright leaf Tobacco at a warehouse in Richmond, Va. From the surrounding country tobacco farmers have brought the products of their fields to be sol... More

Natives aid Allied drive in New Guinea jungles. The Australian Commonwealth has decorated hundreds of New Guinea natives for their invaluable services to the Allied cause. General Vassey is shown at a ceremony at which medals were presented to a large group of stretcher and supply carriers

Natives aid Allied drive in New Guinea jungles. The Australian Commonw...

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Masonic Temple, Richmond, Va. postcard

Masonic Temple, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Photo & Art Postal Card Co., New York..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement... More

Railway & Power Building, Richmond, Va.

Railway & Power Building, Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is... More

Liggett & Myers' Cigarette Factory

Liggett & Myers' Cigarette Factory

Description: [on front] VISIT Liggett & Myers' great modern cigarette factory! RICHMOND home of CHESTERFIELD and L&M FILTERS. [on back] You are invited to take a fascinating tour, conducted by attractive hoste... More

Main Street Depot (Main and Fifteenth Sts.), Richmond, Va.

Main Street Depot (Main and Fifteenth Sts.), Richmond, Va.

Description: This handsome railroad depot, with its imposing clock tower, was completed in 1900, and with the extensive viaduct system converging thereto, cost approximately two million dollars. It is used joi... More

Interior of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

Interior of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

Description: The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, the grandest institution of its kind in the south, is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan. The corner-stone was laid on June 4th, 1903, and on Nov. 29th, 190... More

Jefferson Davis Memorial, Richmond, Va.

Jefferson Davis Memorial, Richmond, Va.

Description: [on front] Unveiled June 3rd 1907. Designed by Edward V. Valentine and William C. Noland...Manufacturer: Detroit Publishing Co...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public... More

Washington Headquarters, Richmond, Va.

Washington Headquarters, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Taylor, Platt, and Co., New York..Date Postmarked: 1909..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia... More

Shenandoah, The; Lee Monument, Richmond, Va.

Shenandoah, The; Lee Monument, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: 1909..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source i... More

Philippine President broadcasts to home folks. Washington, D.C., April 5. President Manuel Quezon of Philippine Commonwealth broadcast from Washington today to his fellow-countrymen in Manila. For the 25 minutes he was on the air, President Quezon discussed woman suffrage and urged the 10-year independence program be limited to a shorter period, 4/5/1937

Philippine President broadcasts to home folks. Washington, D.C., April...

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Philippine Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Miss "Nina" Zenaida Quezon, daughter of late President Manuel L. Quezon of Philippine Commonwealth and Mrs. Josefa Rustia, wife of Major Guillermo Rustia, United States Army Medical Corps serving with Merrill's Mauraders in Burma

Philippine Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Miss "Nina" Z...

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Russian sailors stand in formation on the pier as crew members raise the flag aboard the guided missile cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) following the vessel's arrival in port. The YORKTOWN and the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-987) are visiting Severomorsk as part of an ongoing exchange between the navies of the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The building atop the hill is the headquarters of Northern Fleet

Russian sailors stand in formation on the pier as crew members raise t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Severomorsk Naval Base Country: Russia (RUS) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Tony Alleyne Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Isaac Zane, June 17, 1795. Will of Brig. Gen. Isaac Zane of the militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Isaac Zane, June 17, 1795. Will of Brig. Gen. Isaac Zane of the militi...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at http://www.loc.gov/collection/james-madison-papers/about-this-collection/.

Gloucester. One of the first chapters of the commonwealth of Virginia.

Gloucester. One of the first chapters of the commonwealth of Virginia.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

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Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. postcard

Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. postcard

Manufacturer: A.C.B. & Co...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 UR... More

James River Falls and Belle Isle, Richmond, Va.

James River Falls and Belle Isle, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as... More

State Office Bldg., Richmond, Va.

State Office Bldg., Richmond, Va.

Description: Historic Richmond, the modern Rome, built on 12 elevations instead of 7, overlooking the James River islands and bridges; state capital since 1779; largest city in the state; often called the 'Monu... More

Old Stone House (Main near 20th), Richmond, Va.

Old Stone House (Main near 20th), Richmond, Va.

Description: Among the most respectable of 'Modern Antiquities in point of age and appearance, of which Richmond can boast, is the old one-story stone house, which dates from (probably) 1743. Tradition will ha... More

An act to enable the citizens of this Commonwealth to discharge certain taxes by the payment of tobacco. [Richmond, 1786].

An act to enable the citizens of this Commonwealth to discharge certai...

For date see House Journal for Nov 16 1786. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 180, Folder 22.

James River Falls, Richmond, Va.

James River Falls, Richmond, Va.

Description: The Falls of the James River at Richmond begins at the Belt Line bridge, some distance above the City, and its waters leaping madly over the rocks and dams, and winding and whirling through age wor... More

General View of Richmond, Va. postcard

General View of Richmond, Va. postcard

Manufacturer: Photo & Art Postal Card Co., New York..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is... More

Lakeside Park Entrance, Richmond, Va.

Lakeside Park Entrance, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Rotograph Co., N.Y. City..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virgi... More

New Union Depot, Richmond, Va. postcard

New Union Depot, Richmond, Va. postcard

Manufacturer: A. C. Bosselman & Co., New York..Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is reque... More

I'm Cultivating Music In Richmond, Va.

I'm Cultivating Music In Richmond, Va.

Manufacturer: Amforth & Co. LTD. Publishers (England) and New York, Local Lovers..Date Postmarked: 1912..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Librar... More

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, October 21, 1812. A resolve for districting the Commonwealth for the purpose of choosing electors of the President and Vice-President .... October 22, 1812- Approved. Caleb Strong A true copy - Attest. A

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, October 21, 1812. A resolve ...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 49, Folder 31.

Post Office and Custom House, Richmond, Va.

Post Office and Custom House, Richmond, Va.

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: 1911..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source i... More

Johnston-Willis Hospital, Richmond, Va.

Johnston-Willis Hospital, Richmond, Va.

Description: Johnston-Willis Hospital, located at Kensington and Colonial Avenues, overlooking the well known Confederate Memorial Institute, is only one of Richmond's many beautiful hospitals. This building i... More

Grave of President Tyler (Hollywood) Richmond, Va.

Grave of President Tyler (Hollywood) Richmond, Va.

Description: This eminent statesman, during his long and useful life, filled practically every office within the gift of the people of his native State, having been, successfully a member of the State Legislatu... More

ACCA Temple Mosque, A. A. O. N. M. S., Richmond, Va.

ACCA Temple Mosque, A. A. O. N. M. S., Richmond, Va.

Description: This temple is located at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets and is devoted exclusively to use by shriners. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 5,000 and is opened to the public as one of ... More

Franklin Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Franklin Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as... More

Capitol Hotel [no title] postcard

Capitol Hotel [no title] postcard

Description: The Capitol Hotel, 8th and Grace Streets, Richmond, Virginia, 'Fireproof, Central and Inexpensive'..Manufacturer: Everett Waddey Company, Richmond, Va...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: Th... More

Confederate Museum, Jefferson Davis' Mansion, Richmond, Va

Confederate Museum, Jefferson Davis' Mansion, Richmond, Va

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: Detroit Publishing Co...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virgini... More

Broad Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Broad Street, Richmond, Va. postcard

Description: No published or copyright date listed on postcard...Manufacturer: J. Murray Jordan..Date Postmarked: 1906..Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth Un... More

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