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Title
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George C. Davis Photographic Records - Series 2
Description
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The Davis Photographic Records contain approximately 12,200 black and white images, negatives, glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides. Black and white prints vary in size between 5"x7", 8"x10" and various oversized prints; 8"x10" glass plate negatives; 5"x7" and 8"x10" negatives; 3"x5" glass lantern slides. All Davis images can be dated circa 1904-1968. There are images with Davis' signature that predate 1904, but they are believed to have been taken by Chandler Studio, the photography firm bought out by Davis in 1904. Although the majority of Davis' images are marked with his signature in the lower right corner, it is important to note that not all of the images are marked. Davis rarely recorded identifying information on the images. For this reason, many of his images are unidentifiable. The majority of images from the Davis Collection seen on this database are street scenes, businesses and points of interest in Roanoke and its vicinity where it was possible to at least minimally identify them. While the Virginia Room has a large number of portraits from Davis' collection, they are not represented here. An index of all identified portraits is available in the Virginia Room.
Creator
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George C. Davis Photography
Publisher
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Roanoke Public Libraries
Rights
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Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Photograph
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Title
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Davis2 24.1 St Johns Episcopal
Identifier
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Davis2-24.1
Description
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St. John's Espiscopal Church at its Church Avenue and 2nd Street location. The building was not being used by the church at the time this photo was taken. General Outdoor Adventure Co. was using the building.
Date
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Circa 1928
Creator
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George C. Davis Photography
Rights
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Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
Publisher
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Roanoke Public Libraries
Format
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Photograph
Type
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Still Image
2nd Street
Christ Episcopal Church
Church Avenue
churches
General Outdoor Advertising Company
St. John's Episcopal Church
Trinity United Methodist Church
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http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/files/original/7/499/Davis_100_General_Outdoor_Advertising.jpg
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Dublin Core
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Title
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George C. Davis Photographic Records
Description
An account of the resource
The Davis Photographic Records contain approximately 12,200 black and white images, negatives, glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides. Black and white prints vary in size between 5"x7", 8"x10" and various oversized prints; 8"x10" glass plate negatives; 5"x7" and 8"x10" negatives; 3"x5" glass lantern slides. All Davis images can be dated circa 1904-1968. There are images with Davis' signature that predate 1904, but they are believed to have been taken by Chandler Studio, the photography firm bought out by Davis in 1904. Although the majority of Davis' images are marked with his signature in the lower right corner, it is important to note that not all of the images are marked. Davis rarely recorded identifying information on the images. For this reason, many of his images are unidentifiable. The majority of images from the Davis Collection seen on this database are street scenes, businesses and points of interest in Roanoke and its vicinity where it was possible to at least minimally identify them. While the Virginia Room has a large number of portraits from Davis' collection, they are not represented here. An index of all identified portraits is available in the Virginia Room.
Creator
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George C. Davis Photography
Publisher
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Roanoke Public Libraries
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Oversized Photograph
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Title
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Davis 100 General Outdoor Advertising
Identifier
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Davis100
Description
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General Outdoor Advertising Company was located in the old St. John's Episcopal Church on the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd Street. The church is hardly visible due to the billboard display surrounding it.
Date
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1927
Creator
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George C. Davis Photography
Rights
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Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
Publisher
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Roanoke Public Libraries
2nd Street
advertisements
billboards
Church Avenue
General Outdoor Advertising Company
St. John's Episcopal Church