The president & directors of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions
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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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, ...
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
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
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
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]
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
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...
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
ROOSEVELT SIGNS PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEV...
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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 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.
"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.
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
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.
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.
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., 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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 pro...
Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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....
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 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 /
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 /
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]
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 pro...
Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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,...
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.
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.
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
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
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 ...
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.
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
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., Ap...
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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.
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 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, 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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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 Commonw...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philippine Woman's Club, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Miss "Nina" Z...
Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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.
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
Public domain scan - 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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