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RC42 Children on Grandin
Unidentified children stand outside of Brice's Drugstore on Grandin Road.
RC43 Garlands Drugstore
An interior view of Garland's Drugstore at its original Grandin Road location.
RC44 Garlands Drugstore
Garland's Drugstore, formerly located at 1327 Grandin Road.
RC45 Transportation Museum
Visitors at the Roanoke Transportation Museum formerly located in Wasena Park. The museum opened in 1963.
RC46 Transportation Museum
N&W Class J 611 and N&W #6 on exhibit at the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park.
RC47 Transportation Museum
Some of the exhibits at the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park.
RC48 Transportation Museum
The Transportation Museum in Wasena Park submerged in flood waters from the flood of 1985.
RRHA143
Rehab
GB14
Girls’ athletics group and spectators.
GB22
Group photograph with Atwood’s Capitol View Tours bus.
GB35
Dr. John B. Claytor Jr.
GB36
Dr. Elwood D. Downing, front far left, and an unidentified group of men.
GB37
Group photograph with Ruth Claytor (in light colored coat) in front of Canada’s Ice Cream on Henry Street.
GB39
Left to right: John Claytor III, Sandra Elizabeth Claytor Peery, John B. Claytor Jr., and Ruth Williams Claytor. “Easter 1969.”
GB40
Large group at a long table. Dr. Harry Penn, second from right, back row, plaid suit.
GB41
Group photograph.. Dr. Harry Penn, back row, first from left.
GB71
Dinner at the Hunton Branch YMCA, Gainsboro Road. Circa late 1930’s or Early 1940’s.
GB72
First Baptist Church of Gainsboro. Roy Williams.
GB72.1
First Baptist Church Gainsboro. Rev. Charles Green.
GB72.3
First Baptist Church of Gainsboro. Dr. Noel C. Taylor.
GB73
Bishop L. E. Willis, Wilbert McNair, Shadrack Brown Jr., Samuel Wade, and Norton B. Wilder.
GB73.1
Bishop L. E. Willis and Shadrack Brown Jr.
GB74
Rev. Douglas and unidentified woman.
GB75
Unidentified man playing piano and unidentified woman singing. Far right: Mr. Dowe and third from right: Rev. Edwards.
GB77
Unidentified group photograph in front of a transformer station.
GB77.1
Unidentified group photograph in front of a transformer station.
GB79
Virginia Y. Lee and unidentified woman in front of the Gainsboro Library.
GB80
Gainsboro Library when it was located in the old Odd Fellows/YMCA Building. Gainsboro Reading Club
GB80.1
Gainsboro Library when it was located in the old Odd Fellows/YMCA Building. “First persons to register at GB.” Right to Left: Mrs. Sally Lawson, C. C. Williams, J. L. Reid, Mrs. E. R. Dudley, Rev. A. L. James, Dr. E. R. Dudley and Mrs. Ida Closs
GB81
Virginia Y. Lee at the Gainsboro Library.
GB87
Ebenezer A. M. E. Church.
GB91
Order of the Eastern Star group photograph in front of the Allegany-Dunbar Freemason’s Prince Hall.
GB93
Order of the Eastern Star group photograph.
GB94
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB94.1
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB94.2
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB94.3
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB94.4
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB94.5
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB94.6
Burrell Memorial Hospital. Construction of the 1955 building.
GB95
Rev. Arthur L. James, First Baptist Church.
GB96
Ella F. Bowden, First Librarian of the Gainsboro Library, 1921-1923.
GB98
Teachers on an Appalachian Electric Power Company Tour. First from left, Hollis Williams (Carver High); fourth from left, unnamed but identified as a Home Economics teacher at Addison; first from right, Coach Cannanday (Carver High); third from…
GB99
Gainsboro School First Grade Class 1946. Teacher Mattie Bell Morris (back row).
GB101
Unidentified group photograph at night.
GB103
Unidentified group photograph of men at a table.
GB104
Economy Shoe Repair on Henry Street. Shop owner Earnest O. Greene.
GB104.1
Economy Shoe Repair on Henry Street.
GB105
Gainsboro Library, exterior, with a children’s class.
GB106
Children dressed in costume in front of the Gainsboro Library.
GB108
Gainsboro Library, interior, with a group of library patrons. YMCA location.
GB109
Gainsboro Library, interior. Virginia Y. Lee, center.
GB110
Gainsboro Library, interior, with children.
GB110.1
Gainsboro Library, interior, with children.
GB110.2
Gainsboro Library, interior, with children.
GB111
Gainsboro Library, interior, child sitting at a table.
GB112
Gainsboro Library, interior.
GB112.1
Gainsboro Library, interior.
GB113
Virginia Y. Lee at the Gainsboro Library.
GB114
Library display at the Gainsboro Library.
GB115
Gainsboro Library display with Virginia Y. Lee.
GB116
Young man reaching for a book at the Gainsboro Library
GB117
Children reading books at the Gainsboro Library.
GB118
Children working on a project at the Gainsboro Library.
GB119
Mother and infant at the Gainsboro Library.
GB120
Children posing in front of a Book Week display at the Gainsboro Library.
GB120.1
Children posing in front of a Book Week display at the Gainsboro Library.
GB121
Geneva Ford, library staff member, at the Gainsboro Library.
GB122
Group of children sitting in a room.
GB123
Group of children participating in a pageant or play.
GB124
Group portrait
GB127
St. John’s AME Zion Church.
GB128
St. Gerard’s Catholic Church.
GB130
Millie Paxton.
GB135
Rev. Lylburn L. Downing of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Roanoke County Register of Free Negroes, 1838-1865
This register includes those individuals who registered as free persons of color in Roanoke County, Virginia from 1838-1865. Two versions are included; one captured from microfilm of the records from the Library of Virginia; the other a…
A Guide to the Starkey School Collection
The collection consists of one document storage case. It holds information regarding the history of the Starkey School, Starkey Village, and material related to the Starkey School Reunions held in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. Historical…
GB136
Gainsboro Library from Gainsboro Rd., St Andrew's Church in background. Two automobiles present.
GB137
"Vacation Reading Club", "Gainsboro Branch Library" stamp, dated Dec.1959
GB138
Gainsboro Branch Library Vacation Reading Club. Not marked as such, but is near replica of GB137. “00907”
GB139
School Picture Outside. “00907.”
GB139.1
School Picture Outside. “00907.”
GB140
School Book Week Set-up
GB141
Church Altar with Pulpit. Color Photograph. “Clark Studio Herman R. Clark Propriet Portrait and Commercial Photography Phone 342-3372 - Phone 342 [blurred] 20 Gilmer Ave., N.W., Roanoke, Va. 24016.”
GB 142
“Old First Baptist Church & St. Andrews Catholic Church, November 3,1990-Roanoke Va.” (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
GB143
Old First Baptist Church & St Andrews Catholic Church view from Gainsboro Rd (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
GB 144
“Ricardo C. Stovall & Bike on Patton Ave. N.E (Claytor House in Background) about 1959” (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
GB145
“Oscar, Jr. Ronald, Patricia Jenkins Artie Lee Otey, Clarence Blake Jr. Ricardo Stovall about 1959” St Andrews Catholic Church in background (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
A Guide to the Southwest Virginia Punk Zine Collection
This collection consists of 45 various punk zines alphabetically arranged by title. Most were produced in Southwest Virginia; however, there are some issues from other parts of the state. Dates range from 1982 through 2016.
A Guide to the 1961 Charter Study Commission Collection
The Charter Study Commission was authorized by Roanoke City Council in June 1961 to study the City Charter and report on suggested changes to it by November 1, 1961. Members of the committee were: A. A. Akers, Mrs. Emmett R. Albergotti, E. Griffith…
A Guide to the Better Business Bureau of Roanoke Collection
The Better Business Bureau of Roanoke, Inc. was chartered December 5, 1939, as a branch of the National Association of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. A nonprofit organization, it is funded through memberships of individuals, businesses, and other…
A Guide to the Roanoke Book Collectors Collection
Ten small books / pamphlets, dating from 1862 to 1950. They include two copies of Moore’s The Night Before Christmas, one dating to 1862, and several books with ties to Roanoke, as they were edited by, published by, or privately printed for Roanoke…
A Guide to the Showtimers Collection
Showtimers, a nonprofit community theater organization, was founded in 1951 with Betty Ross Garretson, a speech and drama professor at Roanoke College, as its president. Its first home was at the Laboratory Theater, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia.…
GBOV07
Photograph of a young Virginia Y. Lee. She is seated in this sepia toned image.
GBOV01
Unknown man. Donated by the Gainsboro Family YMCA in 2012.
GBOV02
Mr. Roscoe R. Banks. First YMCA Member, Past Chairman of the Board of Members, Elected Honorary Board Member William A. Hunton Branch YMCA, Roanoke, VA. 1927-1956. Photographer: Clark Studio. Donated by the Gainsboro Family YMCA in 2012.
GBOV03.01
Harrison School Trip to Washington D. C. May 1950.
GBOV03.02
Harrison School Trip to Washington D. C. May 1950.
GBOV04
William A. Hunton Branch YMCA.
A Guide to the Grandin Court Elementary School PTA Collection
The collection consists of meeting minutes (1951 through 1963-64) and scrapbooks (1951 through 1989-90) of the Grandin Court PTA.
Box 1 contains handwritten minutes of the Grandin Court PTA from its founding in February 1951 through the 1963-64…
Box 1 contains handwritten minutes of the Grandin Court PTA from its founding in February 1951 through the 1963-64…
A Guide to the Mill Mountain Theatre Collection
The collection consists primarily of performance programs from the 1965 through 1997-1998 seasons; only in a very few instances are the playbills of all the season’s performances included. Some programs contain histories of the Mill Mountain…
A Guide to the Rubinette Miller Niemann Collection
The collection includes memorabilia amassed by Miller while she was working as the County Home Demonstration Agent. It includes: Home Demonstration Club Yearbooks from 1961 through 1964; photographs of Home Demonstration, 4-H, and other Extension…