ET4 Elkhorn Tunnel
description: Employees stand inside the Elkhorn Tunnel during construction. The 7,100 foot tunnel opened to rail traffic in June 1950, replacing a single-track tunnel constructed in 1887.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1948
contributor: Sally Lanford Myers
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

ET3 Elkhorn Tunnel
description: Construction of the Elkhorn Tunnel in Mercer County, West Virginia. The 7,100 foot tunnel opened to rail traffic in June 1950, replacing a single-track tunnel constructed in 1887.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1948
contributor: Sally Lanford Myers
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

ET2 Haley, Chisolm, & Morris
description: Employees of Haley, Chisolm, and Morris pose next to company trucks. The company was contracted by Norfolk & Western to build the Elkhorn Tunnel.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1948
contributor: Sally Lanford Myers
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

ET1 Elkhorn Tunnel
description: Two workers stand inside the Elkhorn Tunnel during construction in Mercer County, West Virginia. The 7,100 foot tunnel opened to rail traffic in June 1950, replacing a single-track tunnel constructed in 1887.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1948
contributor: Sally Lanford Myers
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC33 Carvins Cove
description: Aerial view of Carvins Cove.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC32 Carvins Cove
description: Aerial view of Carvins Cove.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC31 Downtown Aerial
description: Aerial view of Downtown Roanoke.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC30 3612 Troutland Avenue
description: Home located at 3612 Troutland Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC27 4102 Mudlick Road
description: Home located at 4102 Mudlick Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC26 2652 Cornwallis Avenue
description: Home located at 2652 Cornwallis Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC25 2524 Cornwallis Avenue
description: Home located at 2524 Cornwallis Avenue SE.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still image

MIC24 Roanoke Memorial
description: Roanoke Memorial Hospital
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC22 Lucy Addison High
description: The second Lucy Addison High School was built in 1951. Located at 1220 5th Street NW, the high school was in operation until 1973. The building now houses Lucy Addison Middle School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC21 YMCA
description: A new YMCA building was completed in 1958 at 425 Church Avenue SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC20 Main Branch
description: The Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries, located at 706 S, Jefferson Street.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC19 Woodrum Field
description: A crowd gathers for the dedication of the new terminal at Woodrum Field.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 May 1953
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC18 Hotel Roanoke
description: Hotel Roanoke
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC17 N&W Passenger Station
description: The Norfolk & Western Passenger Station is located at 101 Shenandoah Avenue NE. The building now houses the Visit Blue Ridge Visitor's Center, O. Winston Link Museum, and History Museum of Western Virginia.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC16 WDBJ
description: The Times-World building was home to Roanoke's two newspapers and the CBS affiliate, WDBJ radio and television.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC15 WSLS
description: Shenandoah Life was affiliated with WSLS radio and TV services. The building is located at 401 3rd Street.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC14 Parking Garages
description: Two 500 space parking garages were constructed on the corner of Bullitt Avenue and Jefferson Street to provide greater accessibility to downtown shopping facilities.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC13 Heironimus
description: Heironimus was located at 401 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC12 Miller & Rhoads
description: Crowds gather for the grand opening of the new Miller & Rhoads. The department store was located at 32-38 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC11 Sears Town
description: Sears Town, formerly located at 1502 Williamson Road NE.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC10 First Federal Savings & Loan
description: A newly constructed First Federal Savings and Loan. The building is located on the corner of Church Avenue and 1st Street.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC9 Shenandoah Life
description: Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, formerly located at 2301 Brambleton Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC8 Rowe Furniture
description: Rowe Furniture Company was located at 239 Rowan Street in Salem before moving to Elliston.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC7 Yale & Towne
description: Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company. Located at 1242 S. Colorado Street, the building is now used by Graham-White.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC6 ITT
description: ITT Exelis is located at 7635 Plantation Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC5 General Electric
description: General Electric, located at 1531 Roanoke Boulevard in Salem.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC4 N&W Offices
description: The former general office building of Norfolk and Western, located at 108 N. Jefferson Street, now houses the Roanoke Higher Education Center.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC3 Roanoke Aerial
description: Aerial view of Downtown Roanoke.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC2 Roanoke from Mill Mountain
description: Panoramic view of Roanoke from Mill Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MIC1 Roanoke Sign
description: Sign for Roanoke Metropolitan Area noting population as 160,0000.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

UCT41
description: Home located at 1405 Patterson Avenue SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT40
description: Home located at 1130 2nd Street SW.
creator: Stone Printing
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT39
description: Botetourt Hall, located on the campus of Hollins University, was built in 1890 as a dining hall.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT38
description: The home of Dr. Joseph A. Gale was located at 616 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT37
description: First Presbyterian Church moved into its second location at the corner of 3rd Street and Church Avenue SW in 1875. This photo shows the 'new' building, constructed in 1888.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT36
description: The building at 17 Campbell Avenue SW once housed the Evening World offices.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT35
description: Since its inception in 1903, the Elks National Home has figured as one of the principal institutions of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, today the largest fraternal organization in the nation. The Home at first occupied the Hotel Bedford, an 1890 Queen Anne building located on a picturesque site in Bedford, Virginia. In 1914-16 the hotel was replaced by an impressive complex of Classical and Mediterranean Revival buildings to provide an up-to-date retirement home for elderly and indigent Elks.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT34
description: A large group of hikers pose on McAfee Knob. The location is one of the most photographed places along the Appalachian Trail.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT33
description: An artist's rendering of the casino in Mountain Park. The amusement park opened at the base of Mill Mountain around 1903 and closed in 1922.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT32
description: After the first N&W office building burned in 1896, this building took its place. A "twin" building was constructed in 1907.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT31
description: This view of the Peaks of Otter includes the Elks' National Home (left) and Randolph-Macon Academy.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT30
description: The home of John E. Penn was located at 1301 Franklin Road SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT29
description: Randolph-Macon Academy (later Liberty Academy) was a Methodist preparatory school for boys. It was located in the 800 block of College Street in Bedford.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT28
description: The Times Building (left) and J.M. Oakey Funeral Home once occupied the buildings located at 122-124 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT27
description: Rockledge Inn opened in the Spring of 1892 as a resort hotel. It featured sweeping verandas and views of the city, tennis and croquet courts, large stone fireplaces and a private coach that ran from the depot to the inn. Rockledge Inn would permanently close in 1929. In 1964, the renovated Rockledge Inn opened at the Mill Mountain Theater. The theater would use the structure until it burned in 1976.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT26
description: The Shenandoah Club was established in 1893 at 24 Franklin Road SW. It was later replaced by the current building.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT25
description: The old St. Mark's Lutheran Church was located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and 3rd Street SW. The building was built in 1889 by Greene Memorial Methodist Church. In 1902 St Mark's Lutheran traded their church building at the SE corner of Church Ave and 2nd Street with Greene Memorial Methodist and occupied this church building from 1902 - 1953. The building was razed in 1956.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT24
description: The home of J. Allen Watts was located at 116 Mountain Avenue SE.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT23
description: Cadets on the drill field in front of Barracks No. 1, now Lane Hall, on the campus of Virginia Tech.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT22
description: The Crawford Hotel stood on Main Street and was erected by W.D.F. Duval in 1871. It contained 40 to 50 rooms with bath tubs and running water. For a few years, the hotel was owned by the Chapman family and renamed the Lucerne.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT21
description: A crowd is gathered in front of the Botetourt County Courthouse located at 1 W. Main Street in Fincastle for "Court Day".
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT20
description: Virginia Brewing Company was located at 1218 Wise Avenue SE.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT19
description: An interior view of the United Commercial Travelers Hall, Roanoke Council No. 174. The building was located at 320 Loudon Avenue NW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT18
description: Crowds watch the high-wire act at the United Commercial Travelers carnival.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT17
description: The home of Henry S. Trout was located at 606 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT16
description: Roanoke Hospital was built in 1893 with the aid of Norfolk & Western and the Roanoke Gas and Water Company. Carilion Roanoke Memorial now occupies the site of the old hospital.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT15
description: R.H. Fishburn & Co. was located at 320-322 Loudon Avenue NW.
creator: Stone Printing
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT14
description: The original Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW. The elegant verandas are gone by the time this photograph was taken. In December 1930, the building was totally destroyed by fire, killing one resident and injuring others. It was replaced with the current structure, known as the Crystal Tower, shortly thereafter.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT13
description: Home located at 115 Mountain Avenue SW. The home was built by John H. Marsteller.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT12
description: Home located at 617 6th Street SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT11
description: The home of Samuel W. Jamison was located at 1016 Franklin Road SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT10
description: S.H. Heironimus and Company was located at 37-39 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT9
description: The home of Tipton T. Fishburn was located at 1001 Patterson Avenue SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT8
description: The old First Baptist Church, formerly located on opposite side of 3rd Street from the new building.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Stone Printing
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT7
description: Home once located at 342 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT6
description: Commerce Street School, also called First Ward School, was located at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd (Commerce) Street. Built in 1890, it was razed in 1929 to make room for the post office.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT5
description: The old sanctuary of St. Andrews Catholic Church. Built in 1883, the congregation outgrew the small church by 1897. The current structure was dedicated in 1902.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT4
description: Home located at 732 13th Street SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT3
description: The home of Robert A. Buckner was located at the corner of Mountain Avenue and 1st Street SW.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT2
description: Belmont Elementary School was located on Dale Avenue in southeast Roanoke. The school was built in 1891 and remained in operation until 1974 when Fallon Park Elementary School was completed.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

UCT1
description: The home of William K. Andrews was located in the 600 block of Campbell Avenue.
creator: Stone Printing
source: Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Slide
type: Still Image

VHBC8 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Attendees at the last worship service in the wooden A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church before moving worship to the new brick sanctuary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1922
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC7 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Looking west on Memorial Avenue (then Virginia Avenue) from Grandin Road at the original A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church (foreground) and construction of new brick sanctuary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1922
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC6 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: The new sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church under construction on Memorial Avenue (then Virginia Avenue).
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1922
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC5 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Laying of the cornerstone for the new sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1922
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC4 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Interior of the original wooden chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC3 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Wooden chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church on what is now the 2000 block of Memorial Avenue, SW (then Virginia Avenue) near the intersection with Grandin Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1919
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC2 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: The original A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church is being moved to make way for the construction of a new sanctuary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1922
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

VHBC1 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Original A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church is being moved to make way for the construction of brick sanctuary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1922
contributor: Virginia Heights Baptist Church
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

JLSB1 J.L. Stern Battalion
description: Jo Lane Stern Battalion, Company B, in front of the Roanoke Auditorium. Col. Jo Lane Stern, inspector general of the State, mustered in the Jo Lane Stern Battalion of Virginia volunteers in Roanoke, composed of four full companies, numbering 267 men and 12 officers. Company B was part of the home guard during World War I.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 18 April 1918
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

KH4 Kinsey Family
description: The Thomas A. Kinsey family on front porch of the home at 1510 Franklin Road, SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930s
contributor: Bob Kinsey
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2043 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

KH3 Thomas & Josephine Kinsey
description: Thomas A. and Josephine Kinsey in front of their home at 1510 Franklin Road, SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930s
contributor: Bob Kinsey
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

KH2 Kinsey Home
description: Thomas A. Kinsey home, formerly located at 1510 Franklin Road SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930s
contributor: Bob Kinsey
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

KH1 Kinsey Home
description: Thomas A. Kinsey home, formerly located at 1510 Franklin Road SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
contributor: Bob Kinsey
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LSC6 Oakey & Sons
description: John M. Oakey and Sons garage, located at 321 Luck Avenue SW, provided the first ambulance and garage for Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LSC5 Roanoke Life Saving Crew
description: Some equipment, including an "iron lung" and 1947 Oldsmobile 78 emergency vehicle on display at Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1948
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LSC4 Roanoke Life Saving Crew
description: Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew equipment display arranged for the public.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1933
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LSC3 Roanoke Life Saving Crew
description: Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew purchased it first ambulance in 1932, a Ford panel truck.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1932
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LSC2 Roanoke Life Saving Crew
description: Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew equipment display, including the crew's first ambulance, a Cadillac donated by John M. Oakey and Sons Funeral Home.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LSC1 Julian S. Wise
description: Julian Stanley Wise founded the Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew in 1928. Wise had witnessed a drowning in the Roanoke River as a child. This incident greatly impacted his life, resulting in the formation of the first volunteer rescue squad in the country. Wise remained involved with the crew as captain and president for more than 50 years.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.9 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1971
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.8 American Theatre
description: The original American Theatre building was located at 217 S. Jefferson Street. Built by the Young Men's Christian Association in 1902, it would later be sold to an investment group and converted into a theatre in 1913. This building was razed in 1927. It was replaced by a more grand American Theatre, which opened in 1928.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1918
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

GM012 Glenn-Minnich
description: Window display of Glenn-Minnich after remodeling. The slogans of the store were, "The store with the friendly door." and "Clothes for men and men who stay young."
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM011 Glenn-Minnich
description: LeCompte Glenn in front of Glenn-Minnich, formerly located at 108 W. Campbell Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 22 September 1949
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM010 Glenn-Minnich
description: The shoe department at Glenn-Minnich.
creator: Parker Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 22 April 1948
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM009 Glenn-Minnich
description: Street-level entrance of Glenn-Minnich, formerly located at 108 W. Campbell Avenue.
creator: Parker Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 22 April 1948
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM008 Glenn-Minnich
description: Amy Jo Glenn (left) and Vetty Beckwith Glenn cutting cake inside Glenn-Minnich on the occasion of the store's Ruby Jubilee or fortieth anniversary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1953
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM007 Glenn-Minnich
description: Interior of Glenn-Minnich after a recent remodel.
creator: Parker Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 January 1947
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM006 Glenn-Minnich
description: Interior of Glenn-Minnich after a recent remodel.
creator: Parker Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 January 1947
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM005 Glenn-Minnich
description: The College Shop in Glenn-Minnich shown after a recent remodel.
creator: Parker Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 January 1947
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM004 Glenn-Minnich
description: Interior of Glenn-Minnich after a recent remodel.
creator: Parker Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 January 1947
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM003 Glenn-Minnich
description: The Boy Scout Department after a recent remodel at Glenn-Minnich, formerly located 108 W. Campbell Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 January 1947
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM002 Glenn-Minnich
description: Cutting a cake celebrating Glenn-Minnich's Rub Jubilee or forty years in business are, left to right, Estelle Penn, Nancy P. Deyerle, LeCompte Glenn Deyerle, unidentified, and Mildred Glenn.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1953
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

GM001 Glenn-Minnich
description: The Glenn-Minnich store, formerly located at 108 W. Campbell Avenue, on closing day. Glenn-Minnich operated from 1913 until 1960 and was founded by C.B. Minnich, Myrl Glenn, and H.A. Glenn.
creator: Deyerle Studios
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 18 February 1960
contributor: LeCompte Glenn Deyerle
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.38 Virginia Heights Elementary
description: Virginia Heights Elementary School is located at 1210 Amherst Street SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.37 528 Marshall Avenue
description: Home located at 528 Marshall Avenue SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.39 McNease Shoe Company
description: McNease Shoe Company, formerly located at 14 Campbell Avenue SE. At left is the owner, Wallace M. McNease. Others unidentified.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.41 Lakeside
description: Ferris wheel and Scrambler at Lakeside Park
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.4 Lakeside
description: The Sky-Tram at Lakeside Park.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.12 Roanoke Aerial
description: Aerial view of Downtown Roanoke looking west.
creator: Chamber of Commerce
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 6 December 1968
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.32 Victory Stadium
description: An aerial view of Victory Stadium. Victory Stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.36 Oakeys Downtown
description: Interior of Oakey's Downtown chapel.
creator: Gilliam
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.381 William Ruffner Middle
description: William Ruffner Middle School, formerly located at 3601 Ferncliff Avenue NW. The school opened in 1970 and closed in 2009. The building is used as an operations center by Roanoke City Public Schools.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970s
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 50.3 Crystal Spring Laundry
description: Crystal Spring Laundry and Cleaners, formerly located at 2049 E. Main Street in Salem.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 23 August 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Negative
type: Still Image

MP 50.2 Crystal Spring Laundry
description: Crystal Spring Laundry and Cleaners, formerly located at 3008 Williamson Road NW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 23 August 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Negative
type: Still Image

MP 50.1 Crystal Spring Laundry
description: Crystal Spring Laundry and Cleaners, formerly located at 720 Franklin Road SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 23 August 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Negative
type: Still Image

RNRV54 RC Baseball
description: Roanoke College baseball team.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV53 RC Football
description: Roanoke College football team.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV52 Daughters of Liberty
description: Women on a Daughters of Liberty float, likely for a Liberty Bonds parade.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1918
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV51 Henry McGuire
description: Henry P. McGuire stands in a J.L. Dishong fruit and vegetable wagon.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV50 Campbell Avenue
description: A streetcar travels along Campbell Avenue near the intersection with Jefferson Street. Terry Building visible at right.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1905
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV49 Burrell Memorial
description: Ambulance in front of Burrell Memorial Hospital. Roanoke's first African-American hospital, Burrell Memorial, was founded in 1915 in a small cottage on Henry Street. It soon outgrew the Henry Street location and moved into the former Alleghany Institute, a school for boys located at 611 McDowell Avenue, in 1921. By the early 1950s, Burrell Memorial had outgrown this building and a new hospital was constructed in 1955 on the same site.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV48 Police Officers
description: Chief of Police W. J. Rigney (front passenger) with other unidentified police officers.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV47 Danmore Family
description: Mr. and Mrs. Danmore at their home at 413 3rd Street NW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV46 Blackwell Grocery
description: J.E. Blackwell Grocery, formerly located at 4 Market Square.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV45 Campbell and Jefferson
description: A busy day at the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street. The Terry Building is visible in the background.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV44 Streetcar Conductors
description: Roanoke Railway & Electric streetcar conductors.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV42 N&W Baseball Team
description: Norfolk & Western baseball team.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1916
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV41 N&W Employees
description: Norfolk & Western employees in front of Norfolk & Western offices.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: November 1912
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image
title: RNRV40 Eagles Band
description: Eagles Band.
date: Circa 1920

RNRV39 Auto Tire Shop
description: Auto Tire Shop, formerly located at 501 2nd Street SW.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV38 Horse and Buggy
description: Horse and buggy in Downtown Roanoke.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Early 1900s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV37 Roanoke Ice
description: Workers deliver ice for Roanoke Ice Corporation. Roanoke Ice Corportation began operations in 1913 after Consumer Ice Company and Griggs Packing Company.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV36 Enon Baptist
description: Group photo of members of Enon Baptist Church.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV35 Rockledge Inn
description: Rockledge Inn on Mill Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV34 High Street Baptist
description: Presentation of an auto to Reverend W. E. Lee, of High Street Baptist Church for the church’s 41st anniversary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 September 1927
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV33 Crystal Spring
description: Crystal Spring reservoir and pump house. Crystal Spring was one of the city's earliest landscaped parks. It was designed and managed by Roanoke Gas and Water Works.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV32 Mountain Park
description: Shooting gallery, The Thriller roller coaster, and bowling alley at Mountain Park.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV31 W.J. Rigney
description: W.J. Rigney was Chief of Police for the City of Roanoke from 1919 through 1928. Rigney had been appointed Chief to fill the vacancy caused by the death of former Chief A.H. Griffin.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 25 December 1927
contributor: Beckner and Steele Families
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV30 Beckner Family
description: Family Photo: Front row, 6th from left Isabell Clingenpeel, 7th from left Carl Steele, 8th from left Helen Clingenpeel, 9th from left Lewis Clingenpeel; Back row, 11th from left John Beckner, 12th from left Jackson Beckner, and 13th from left Ann Beckner. Others unidentified.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Beckner and Steele Families
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV29 Alma Steele
description: At left is Alma Beckner Steele with two unidentified women.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1919
contributor: Beckner and Steele Families
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV28 Steele Family
description: Photo of members of the Steele Family. Front row, 3rd from left: Carl Steele; Back row, 3rd from left John Steele, 4th from left Alma Steele. All others unidentified.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1926
contributor: Beckner and Steele Families
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV27 Men in Park
description: Two unidentified men in a park.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV26 Peach Orchard
description: Three unidentified men in a peach orchard,
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV25 Country Drive
description: Three unidentified men and a little girl pose with a Mitchell automobile.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1918
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image
title: RNRV24 Wagon
description: Wagon pulled by oxen travels through an unidentified residential neighborhood.
date: Circa 1910s
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

RNRV23 Views
description: Looking north from South Roanoke toward Downtown. Tinker Mountain is visible in the background.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV22 Mountain Park
description: Dance Pavilion and The Thriller roller coaster in Mountain Park.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV21 Market Street
description: Farmer in wagon pulled by oxen on Market Street.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV20 City Market
description: Customers peruse the City Market.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV19 Mountain Park
description: Popcorn stand at Mountain Park. Lillie Solleday on right.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV18 Mountain Park
description: Check Room and Snack Stand in Mountain Park.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910s
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV17 Confederate Veterans
description: Parade participants for Confederate veterans ride a float through Downtown in conjunction with reunion.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1913
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV16 Confederate Veterans
description: Confederate veterans parade through Downtown in conjunction with reunion.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1913
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV15 Confederate Veterans
description: Confederate veterans parade through Downtown in conjunction with reunion.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1913
contributor: Robert Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image
title: RNRV14 Vest Furniture
description: Vest Furniture Company, formerly located at 109 Campbell Avenue SW. Sid Vest, owner, is pictured in white shirt.
date: 7 July 1919
contributor: Sandy Webster

RNRV13 VFW Banquet
description: Professor Charles Rowe and his Rhythm Boys perform for a Veterans of Foreign Wars banquet at the Hotel Roanoke.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: June 1926
contributor: Family of Charles Rowe
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV12 John Gibson Davis
description: Dr. John Gibson Davis.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1885
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV11 Edith Paine
description: Edith Davis Paine holds an air rifle at the Davis home on Salem Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV10 Davis Family
description: Zora and Dr. John G. Davis and children with longtime housekeeper, Vivvie.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1929
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV9 Ruth and Edith
description: Ruth Mason (left) and Edith Davis Paine.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920s
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV8 Paine Family
description: William Henry and Rosa Proffit Paine with children Helen and Robert Edward.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1890s
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV6 Davis Men
description: Dr. John Gibson Davis (2nd from right) with his sons Hal, Algie, Fred, John Jr., and Paul. Dr. Davis' sons also became doctors.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1929
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV5 Davis Children
description: Paul, Edith, and Frangie Davis with Frank the horse at Davis home on Salem Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1900
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV4 Paul Davis
description: Dr. Paul Davis holds his daughter Pauline while on leave during World War I. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his service in French hospitals.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1918
contributor: Family of Dr. Robert E. Paine, Jr.
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV2 McAfee Knob
description: An unidentified man stands on the rock formation known as McAfee Knob. McAfee Knob is one of the most photographed places on the Appalachian Trail.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1900
contributor: Kathy Tucker
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

RNRV1 Appalachian Power
description: Group photo of Appalachian Power Company workers in Anawalt, West Virginia to install power lines. Arch Stockton holds rolled blue prints and reins of horse.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 27 April 1927
contributor: Kenneth A. Stockton
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

SF001 Church Avenue Bus Depot
description: Bus depot, formerly located at 16 West Church Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Late 1930s
contributor: Stephen Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

PGCC01 Piney Grove Christian Church
description: Piney Grove Christian Church.The church was located in Roanoke County and was razed in the early 1970s due to the creation/expansion of Route 419. The church was located where the on-ramp is located from 419 to 220 South, near Tanglewood Mall. The congregation re-located and changed its name to Penn Forest Christian Church.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris; Kay Martin
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC014 Willis High School
description: Willis High School. The agricultural building is at right.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1923
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC013 Mountain Normal School
description: Mountain Normal School students posing in front of the dormitory building.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC012 Floyd Esso
description: Floyd Esso Service Center in Floyd County.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC011 Rollie Phillips Store
description: Rollie N. Phillips store and gas station, located in the Indian Valley area of Floyd County. Phillips opened his service station in 1927.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC010 Willis Elementary School
description: Willis Elementary School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1939
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC008 Willis High School
description: Willis High School after the addition was completed.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1923
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC007 Willis High School
description: Willis High School shortly after opening.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1917
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC005 WHS Cornerstone
description: The cornerstone of Willis High School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC004 Willis High School
description: Willis High School under construction.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1916
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC003 Old Mountain Normal
description: The long abandoned old Mountain Normal School at Willis in Floyd County, VA. The Normal School opened in 1893.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC002 Mountain Normal School
description: Mountain Normal School dormitory at Willis in Floyd County, VA.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

FC001 Willis High School
description: Willis High School in Floyd County, VA. The school closed after the 1961-62 school year.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1945
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

SHH026 Children's Department
description: The children's department at Heironimus decorated for Christmas.
creator: Commercial Photographic Service
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH025 Parade Spectators
description: A crowd gathers in front of Heironimus on Campbell Avenue to watch the Roanoke Christmas parade.
creator: Gilbert Studio
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1938
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH024 Heironimus Shoppers
description: Throngs of Christmas shoppers at Heironimus.
creator: unknown
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1938
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH023 Heironimus
description: Exterior of Heironimus decorated for Christmas.
creator: Gilbert Studio
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH022 Housewares
description: View of the housewares department of Heironimus decorated with a fairy tale motif.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1934
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH021 Fabric Department
description: View of the fabric department of Heironimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1934
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH020 McGregor Displays
description: Floor displays at Heironimus for McGregor Menswear
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH019 Virginia College Display
description: Window display at Heironimus dedicated to the history of Virginia College.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH018 Czechoslovakia Display
description: Window display at Heironimus promoting war bonds, featuring Czechoslovakia.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH017 Calexico Display
description: Window display at Heironimus for Calexico Colorama clothing collection at Heironimus. Sign reads, " Calexico Colorama our color-drenched collection of California fashion by Air - Assembled in our newly decorated pation shop, 2nd floor".
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1946
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH014 Redwood Display
description: Window display at Heironimus promoting products made from California redwoods.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH013 Children's Department
description: A view inside the children's department at Heironimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH012 Luxembourg Display
description: Window display at Heironimus promoting war bonds, featuring Luxembourg.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH011 Calexico Colorama
description: Floor displays at Heironimus for the Calexico Colorama clothing line.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1946
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH010 Calexico Display
description: Window display at Heironimus for Calexico Colorama clothing collection at Heironimus. Sign reads, " Calexico Colorama our color-drenched collection of California fashion by Air - Assembled in our newly decorated pation shop, 2nd floor".
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1946
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH009 Christmas Display
description: Christmas window display for children's art supplies at Heironimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH008 Tableware Displays
description: Displays of tableware at Heirnomimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH007 Heironimus Float
description: Heironimus Christmas parade float encouraging children to "Go on the air with Santa" on WSLS.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1946
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH006 Revlon Display
description: Window display at Heironimus advertising Revlon's Ultaviolet line of cosmetics.
creator: Commercial Photographic Service
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH005 Santa Claus
description: Christmas window display at Heironimus utilizing the editorial written by Virginia O'Hanlon to the New York Sun on 21 September 1897 asking 'Is there a Santa Claus?'. The editorial prompted the reply of one of the paper's editors, Frances Church, to respond, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus". The editorial would become part of popular Christmas folklore.
creator: Gray Studio
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH004 Hara-Kiri Display
description: Window display at Heironimus for Hara-Kiri robes. Sign reads, "Newest, most popular in Hon. Japanese fashion apparel...authentic ceremonial Hara-robe."
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH003 N&W Display
description: Window display at Heironimus chronicling the history of Norfolk & Western Railway during Roanoke's Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary.
creator: Norfolk & Western Railway Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 19 January 1934
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH002 Poland Display
description: Window display at Heironimus promoting war bonds, featuring Poland after it was invaded by the Nazis in World War II.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

SHH001 Revlon Display
description: Window display for Revlon's Ultraviolet line of cosmetics at Heironimus.
creator: Commercial Photographic Service
source: The display depicted in this photograph was designed by Francis Marion Wilkinson, nicknamed "Chick", who was employed as a display manager for Heironimus in the 1930s and 1940s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Catherine Nichols
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 60.2 Peaks of Otter Lodge
description: Peaks of Otter Lodge
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 60.1 Peaks of Otter Lodge
description: Peaks of Otter Lodge in the latter part of construction.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1964
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 24.5 Mt. Pleasant School
description: Unidentified students in front of Mt. Pleasant School in Roanoke County.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Stranna Leslie Arthur
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.423 1st Street
description: Looking south on 1st Street from the 1st Street Bridge. The bridge connected Henry Street to Downtown Roanoke. The bridge was renamed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2003.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.422 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking east on busy Campbell Avenue from 1st Street. People's Drugstore, Standard Drug, Kress & Co. and Lerner Shops were several of the businesses along this block.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.421 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking east on Campbell Avenue from 1st Street during paving. People's Drugstore, Standard Drug, Krees & Co. and Lerner Shops were several of the businesses along this block.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

McCain3 Lincoln Theatre
description: Group photo of Norfolk & Western Veterans Association Colored Division in front of the Lincoln Theatre. Originally built as the Strand Theatre (circa 1920). The Strand Theater took a new name “The Lincoln Theater”. The theater eventually became the Morocco Club and the Ebony Club, which were African American dance clubs serving the surrounding Gainsboro neighborhood.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Courtesy of Kathryn McCain
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

McCain2 Lynhaven Smoke Shop
description: Gathering for a 1942 postcard at the Lynhaven Smoke Shop, formerly located at 125 N. Henry Street are from left: Mr. Roberts, Lorenzo Redd, Hobart Eggleston, Dr. George A. Moore, owner Bill Marshall and his son, James "Anse" Marshall.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1942
contributor: Courtesy of Kathryn McCain
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

McCain1 Medical Complex
description: This medical complex on Henry Street at Centre Avenue NW included (top left) Community Drug Store, where Dr. Beverly Adams (bottom left) was a pharmacist. Also in the building was the dental office of Dr. H.T. Penn (on right).
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Courtesy of Kathryn McCain
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

MP 58.0 Ole 97
description: The aftermath of the wreck of the "Ole 97". Due to excessive speed in an attempt to maintain schedule, the train derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia where the train careened off the side of the bridge, killing eleven personnel on board and injuring seven others.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 27 September 1903
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 57.0 Roanoke Police Department
description: Roanoke Police Department in front of the Municipal Building.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 35.0 Police Inspection
description: Roanoke Police inspection at Maher Field.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 July 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.41 Jefferson Street
description: Looking north on Jefferson Street from the Church Avenue intersection. Construction of the Liberty Trust Building can be seen in background. Sign advertises J.H. Marsteller's (a car enthusiast and businessman) "Model Garage", formerly located at 16 E. Church Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.42 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking west on Campbell Avenue. Sheen's Cafe was located at 119 Campbell Avenue SW. The building in the right background with balconies was the original Ponce de Leon Hotel.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.43 Salem Avenue
description: Looking west at saloons along Salem Avenue. The Silver Moon Quick Lunch, Raleigh Cafe and Brady's were located at approximately 20 Salem Avenue SW.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.44 Salem Avenue
description: Looking west from the 100 block of Salem Avenue SE. A horse takes a drink from the Dog's Mouth Fountain, visible at right.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.45 Church Avenue
description: Boyd-Sweeney Company Hardware and National Business College, formerly located at 9-11 Church Avenue SW.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.02 Time Capsule
description: Contents are placed into the time capsule in front of the Main Library during the Diamond Jubilee Time Capsule Ceremony. The time capsule is not to be opened until 2032 for Roanoke's 150th Anniversary.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 17 June 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.01 Time Capsule
description: Contents are placed into the time capsule in front of the Main Library during the Diamond Jubilee Time Capsule Ceremony. The time capsule is not to be opened until 2032 for Roanoke's 150th Anniversary. Claude Settlemire, City Librarian, on left.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 17 June 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.14 Williamson Road Book Station
description: The Williamson Road Branch found its beginnings as the Williamson Road Book Station, formerly located at 2919 Williamson Road NE.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.13 Williamson Road Branch
description: A newly completed Williamson Road Branch Library.
creator: Steve Brody
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: December 1964
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.12 Williamson Road Branch
description: Architectural rendering of the Williamson Road Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries.
creator: Asbury Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1963
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.11 Williamson Road Branch
description: Unidentified men set the cornerstone at the Williamson Road Branch Library.
creator: Asbury Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1 December 1964
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.1 Williamson Road Branch
description: Staff members prepare the Williamson Road Branch for opening.
creator: Asbury Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 12 December 1964
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 38.0 Rivinus Room
description: Patrons use reference materials in the Rivinus Room at the Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
creator: Asbury Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 28 December 1963
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 24.4 Narrows School
description: Students in front of Narrows School in the Catawba Valley. 1st row, L to R: Students in front of Narrows School in the Catawba Valley. 1st row, L to R: Hubert Brillhart, Kyle Shelor, Clovis Garman, ? Bennett, ? Bennett, Edna Brillhart, Hazel Shelor, unknown, Eva Garman, Edith Brillhart. 2nd row, L to R: Lloyd Shelor, Roy Brillhart, Marvin Garman, unknown (teacher), Pernia Brillhart, ? Finch, ? Moore. Narrows School was located at the corner of "Old Blacksburg Road" and Route 311.. Narrows School was located at the corner of "Old Blacksburg Road" and Route 311.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image
identifier: MP 24.4

MP 24.3 Shiloh School
description: Students in front of Shiloh School in Catawba Valley. 1st row, L to R: Hortense Deeds, Eva Reed, Gladys Grisso, Edna Wright, Mary Garman, Paris Wright, Roy Hall, Claude Garman, Nelson Alls, John Garman, Kermit Garman, Roy Brillhart, Clyde Brillhart, Kenneth Deeds, Grattin Hall and Matthew Wright. 2nd row, L to R: Pearl Bain (teacher), Vera Deeds, Mary Reed, Violet Custer, McKenley Damewood, Leo Garman and Oscar Garman.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1912
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image
identifier: MP 24.3

MP 24.2b Shawsville School
description: Unidentified students and teachers in front of school in Shawsville in Montgomery County.
creator: L.W. Stewart
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image
identifier: MP 24.2b

MP 24.2a Shawsville School
description: Unidentified students and teachers in front of school in Shawsville in Montgomery County.
creator: L.W. Stewart
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image
identifier: MP 24.2a

MP 24.1 Shawsville School
description: Unidentified students and teachers in front of school in Shawsville in Montgomery County.
creator: L.W. Stewart
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: January 1909
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image
identifier: MP 24.1

MPO 34 Huntingdon
description: Huntingdon, located at 320 Huntington Boulevard, was built circa 1820 by Elisha Betts. The home underwent extensive renovations in the late 1980s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It now operates as a bed and breakfast.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1985
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MPO 30 Roanoke Motor Car Company
description: Roanoke Motor Car Company, formerly located at 503 S. Jefferson Street. The company sold Chevrolets.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 34.0 Garlands Drugstore
description: Interior view of Garland's Drugstore, formerly located 1327 Grandin Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 33.0 Barn Dinner Theatre
description: An interior view of the Barn Dinner Theatre. The theatre was created by Roanoker Howard Wolfe as a franchise in 1961. The chain grew to 27 theatres throughout the country. They were characterized by barn inspired architecture and included farm-themed decorations. Wolfe created a "magic stage" that would disappear into the ceiling after each act.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.7 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: Bullet holes riddle the side of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.6 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: Bullet holes riddle the side of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.5 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: Bullet holes seen from the interior of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.4 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: An unidentified man points to bullet holes in the wheel of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.3 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: Bullet holes in the windshield of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.2 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: An unidentified man points to bullet holes in the windshield of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 32.1 Fork Ridge Massacre
description: An unidentified man points to bullet holes in the windshield of a car involved in the Fork Ridge Mine shootout on 15 April 1941. The shootout was a result of a strike between mine workers and non-union mines operated in Mingo Hollow on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The massacre ended with four dead and nine wounded.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.7 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows the theatre's main entrance with marble walls and brass doors.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.6 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation unitl 1971; it was razed in 1973. This is a view of the auditorium and balcony as seen from the stage.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.5 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view is of a staircase from the mezzanine to the upper balcony and loges.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.4 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view is of the mezzanine.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.3 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows paintings in the foyer as seen from the mezzanine.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.2 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows the ornately appointed foyer. The placard at left advertises the film "Love", starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.1 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This view shows the loge, just above the orchestra pit.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 31.0 American Theatre
description: The American Theatre once stood on the corner of Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue. Built in 1928, the theatre remained in operation until 1971; it was razed in 1973. This interior view is of the stage from the balcony.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 30.0 The Barrens
description: The Barrens was built between 1865 and 1870 by Dr. Francis and Letitia Watts Sorrel. The home was sold to PC Huff in 1900. It stood on the present site of Valley View Mall.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1980
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 29.0 School Group
description: Unidentified group of children pose in Elmwood Park. Terry House in background.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 28.3 Bryan, Robert C.
description: Presumed photo of Robert C. Bryan, a descendant of William Bryan, owner of the Bryan Home. Photo was included with Bryan Home photos.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 28.2 Bryan Home
description: Unidentified group of men pose on the steps of a school or church(?) presumably on the Bryan Homestead property. Photo was included with Bryan Home photos.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 28.1 Bryan Home
description: William Bryan's homestead at the Great Spring west of Salem was known as Bryan's On Roanoke, according to F.B. Kegley's Virginia Frontier. Photo depicts detail of stone chimney.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 27.3 Engine 609
description: Engine 609 of the Norfolk & Western Railway.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 27.2 Engine 604
description: Engine 604 of the Norfolk & Western Railway.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 27.1 Engine 601
description: Engine 601 of the Norfolk & Western Railway.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 27.0 Engine 2151
description: Engine 2151 of Norfolk & Western Railway.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 26.0 Equipment Painters
description: Group photo of the Roanoke Chapter of the Union of Railroad Equipment Painters.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 25.0 Roanoke Fire Department
description: Unidentified Roanoke firemen pose on fire truck.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 24.0 Bedford School
description: Students from an unknown private school in Bedford. According to notes on photo, "This is a private school in Bedford at Mrs. Witt's house. Miss Amelia Buck, in center, is the teacher.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 23.0 Bike Ride
description: George Davis, far left, poses for a photo during a bike ride up the old Mill Mountain road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 22.2 Marathon Filling Station
description: Marathon Filling Station, formerly located at 824 3rd Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 22.1 Waverly Filling Station
description: Waverly Filling Station, formerly located at the corner of 14th Street and Jamison Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 22.0 Riverside Filling Station
description: Riverside Filling Station, formerly located at 13th Street next to Woodrum Bridge, which would be replaced by Memorial Bridge.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1924
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 21.0 USS Roanoke
description: USS Roanoke
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 20.1 LAWS Children
description: See MP 20.0
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 November 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 20.0 LAWS Children
description: Lawrence Augustine Washington Society Children of the American Revolution at the Daughters of the American Revolution state conference. Members: Holding flag - Charles F. Massey, Junior Vice President, Walter P. Massey, Helen Price Hotoler, Retha Carson Cooper, Ethel A. Cooper. Eleanor Gillespie Scully, Mrs. William P Massey, Sr., President, Center: Mrs. J.F. Negley Scully, Hettie Turner, Mollie Baker Glass, Mary Devereaux Bowles, John Edward O'Neal, William P. Massey, Jr.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 November 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 19 Cannaday House
description: Cannaday House, also known as Waverly Plantation was purchased by Woodrum Airport in 1934. The house was used as a weather station and terminal for the remainder of the 1928s. It was razed in 1955 to make room for growth of the airport.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 18 East Building
description: East Building on the campus of Hollins University.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 17.0 Steve Brody
description: Portrait of Steve Brody
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 16 Kenmore Plantation
description: Kenmore Plantation, the home of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis. Betty was the sister of George Washington.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 15.1 State Capitol
description: Virginia State Capitol Building.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 15.0 State Capitol
description: Virginia State Capitol Building.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 14.0 Natural Bridge
description: Natural Bridge
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 12.0 Roanoke EMS
description: Unidentified members of Williamson Road Life Saving and First Aid Crew suiting up.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 11.1 Fink's Jewelers
description: Fink's Jewelers, at its former 310 S. Jefferson Street location.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 11.0 Fink's Jewelers
description: Fink's Jewelers, at its former 310 S. Jefferson Street location.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 10.0 Holdren's Service Van
description: Unidentified service employee of Holdren's stands next to service van at 2272 Westover Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 9.21 Bride's House Sign
description: Sign for The Bride's House, formerly located at 2223 Crystal Spring Avenue
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 9.2 Bride's House Sign
description: Sign for The Bride's House, formerly located at 2223 Crystal Spring Avenue
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 9.1 Roanoker Cafeteria Sign
description: The Roanoker Cafeteria, formerly located at 4142 Melrose Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 9.0 Roanoke Mills Sign
description: Marquee sign for Roanoke Mills.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 8.0 Andrews-Pitzer-Butler
description: Drivers of Andrews-Pitzer-Butler Fuel Oil Corporation pose next to their trucks in Highland Park.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 7.0 Crystal Clear Ice
description: Crystal Clear Ice Cubes vending machine.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 6.0 Heironimus Rendering
description: Artist rendering of Heironimus. Artist unknown. Location is 401 S, Jefferson Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: n/a
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.35 Roanoke Advertising Club
description: Display at an ad clinic for the Roanoke Advertising Club.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.32 Finks Advertisement
description: Marcia Fink woman holds a copy of an advertisement for Fink's Jewelers printed in Life Magazine at an advertising clinic
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.31 Advertising Clinic
description: Advertising displays at an advertising clinic held at the Hotel Roanoke.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.3 Advertising Clinic
description: Unidentified women sit at registration desk of an Advertising Clinic held at the Hotel Roanoke to promote the Valley's businesses and industries.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.25 WSLS Channel 10
description: Inside the WSLS Channel 10 studio during merchandising promotion.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.24 WSLS Channel 10
description: Advertising displays in the windows of WSLS Channel 10, located at 401 3rd Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.23 Election Returns
description: Staff of WSLS Channel 10 await results of the 1967 elections in the newsroom.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1967
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.22 Election Returns
description: Staff of WSLS Channel 10 await results of the 1967 elections in the newsroom.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1967
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.21 WSLS Channel 10
description: WSLS Channel 10 News station, located at 401 3rd Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.2 WSLS Channel 10
description: WSLS Channel 10 News station, located at 401 3rd Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.01 Lady Byrd Johnson
description: Lady Byrd Johnson greets the press and spectators at Roanoke Regional Airport during the Landscape-Landmark Tour. This tour led to the Highway Beautification Act of 1965. She stands with Director of the National Park Service, George Harzog.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 12 May 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 5.0 Lady Byrd Johnson
description: Lady Byrd Johnson greets the press and spectators at Roanoke Regional Airport during the Landscape-Landmark Tour. This tour led to the Highway Beautification Act of 1965
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 12 May 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.9 Noble's Flowers
description: Nobel's Flowers, formerly located at 430 Church Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.8 Henri Kessler
description: An unidentified employee works with a fur coat at Henri Kessler Furriers, formerly located at 117 Campbell Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.71 Patrick Henry Hotel
description: Dining room of the Patrick Henry Hotel.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.7 Patrick Henry Hotel
description: Superimposed image of the Patrick Henry Hotel.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.6 Fishburn Library
description: Fishburn Library at Hollins University
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.5 Roanoke Memorial
description: Rear view of Roanoke Memorial Hospital
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.4 Salem Avenue
description: Looking west on Salem Avenue toward the intersection with Jefferson Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1900
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.3 Roanoke Country Club
description: Promotional shot of golfers at Roanoke Country Club. The club had its beginnings in South Roanoke in 1899, It relocated to its current location in the early 1920s.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.2 Mabry Mill
description: Mabry Mill was built by Edwin Boston Mabry. E.B. Mabry returned to Floyd County in 1903 and began the construction of the mill. It was first a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, then became a sawmill. By 1905 it was in operation as a gristmill. By 1910 the front part of the mill was completed and included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw. Between 1905 and 1914 E.B. Mabry bought adjacent tracts of land, mostly for the purpose of acquiring more water power.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.1 Terry House
description: The Terry House, formerly located in Elmwood Park, was the first library in the city.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 4.0 Home on Franklin
description: Home formerly located on the southwest corner of Franklin Road and Broadway Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.9 Hotel Roanoke Garage
description: Garage under the Hotel Roanoke.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1938
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.81 Hut Restaurant
description: Hut Restaurant in Collinsville, Virginia.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.8 Hut Restaurant
description: Hut Restaurant in Collinsville, Virginia.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.7 Mill Mountain Star
description: Mill Mountain Star was constructed in 1949 by the Roanoke Merchants Association to kick off the 1949 holiday shopping season. Though at first the star was not meant to be lit all year, it became popular enough with citizens that it was decided to illuminate it year round. Today, the Star is the most well-known symbol of Roanoke.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.6 Peters Creek Brethren
description: Peters Creek Church of the Brethren, located in the 5300 block of Cove Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.5 Towers Mall
description: Towers Mall under construction. Towers opened in 1961 at 2207 Colonial Avenue. At the time, it was reported in the Roanoke Times that Towers was the largest shopping center in the state. This photo depicts the upper level.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.42 Roanoke Salem Plaza
description: Two unidentified women pose next to Christmas decorations at the Roanoke Salem Plaza.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.41 Roanoke Salem Plaza
description: Roanoke Salem Plaza opened in 1962. It was the third largest shopping center to open in the valley, with Crossroads being the first and Towers, the second.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.4 Roanoke Salem Plaza
description: Roanoke Salem Plaza opened in 1962. It was the third largest shopping center to open in the valley, with Crossroads being the first and Towers, the second.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.3 A&U Mobile Homes
description: A&U Mobile Homes, formerly located at 1827 W. Main Street in Salem
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.21 Hallmark Shop
description: Interior view of Hallmark Hall of Cards, formerly located at 301 S. Jefferson St.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.2 Hallmark Shop
description: Hallmark Hall of Cards store, formerly located at 301 S. Jefferson Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.13 Reid and Cutshall
description: Interior view of Reid and Cutshall Furniture. This photo is believed to have been taken in the Brandon Avenue location.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.12 Reid and Cutshall
description: Interior view of Reid and Cutshall Furniture. This photo is believed to have been taken in the Brandon Avenue location. Individuals unidentified.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.11 Reid and Cutshall
description: Reid and Cutshall Furniture Wayside, formerly located at 3441 Brandon Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.1 Reid and Cutshall
description: Reid and Cutshall Furniture, formerly located at 301 3rd Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 3.0 Reid and Cutshall
description: Reid and Cutshall Furniture, formerly located at 301 3rd Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.9 Roanoke Industrial Loan
description: Roanoke Industrial Loan and Thrift, formerly located at 20 Franklin Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.8 Roanoke Valley Motors
description: Roanoke Valley Motors, formerly located at 2239 Franklin Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.72 Elliott Buick
description: Elliott Buick, formerly located at 4721 Melrose Avenue NW.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1963
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.71 Elliott Buick
description: Elliott Buick, formerly located at 4721 Melrose Avenue NW.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1963
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.7 Elliott Buick
description: Elliott Buick, formerly located at 4721 Melrose Avenue NW.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1963
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.6 Franklin and Williamson
description: Looking south toward the intersection of Franklin Road and Williamson Road. The parking lots visible here became the Norfolk Southern building, Franklin Plaza, and a parking garage.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1975
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.5 Hotel Roanoke
description: Hotel Roanoke. Civic Center and I581 can be seen to the right. First Baptist Church, destroyed by fire in 1995, and St. Andrews can be seen at left.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1975
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.4 Roanoke City Mills
description: An aerial view of the Roanoke City Mills, once located at 1750 Jefferson Street. The mill facility was razed in 2009.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1948
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.31 Victory Stadium
description: An aerial view of Victory Stadium. Victory Stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1959
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.3 Victory Stadium
description: An aerial view of Victory Stadium. Victory Stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1959
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.2 Mill Mountain Zoo
description: An aerial view of Mill Mountain Zoo. The zoo opened in 1952.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.1 Roanoke Aerial
description: An aerial view looking toward Mill Mountain. I581 can be seen under construction on the left .
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1966
contributor: Stephen E. Fox
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 2.0 Roanoke Aerial
description: General view of Roanoke from 8000 ft.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.9 Streetcar
description: Unidentified streetcar employees pose next to a streetcar. Location unknown.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.8 Streetcar
description: Unidentified streetcar employees pose next to a streetcar in Richmond. Destination sign reads Oakwood and Broad Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.7 Fortune, George E.
description: Portrait of George Fortune.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.6 Fortune, George E.
description: George Fortune poses next to a car. Location unknown.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.5 Fortune, George E.
description: George Fortune as a child. Born in Rocky Mount, 22 February 1879, to Charles McDonald Fortune and Cleopatra Board Gill.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1885
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.4 Wood, Molly W.
description: Molly W. Wood milking a cow at her son Jessie's farm in Cave Spring.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.3 Fortune, Roberta B.
description: Roberta Blanton Fortune as an infant. She was born 6 August 1913 to George E. Fortune and Mara Ophelia Blanton.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1913
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.2 Fortune, Frances C.
description: Frances Elvira Fortune as an infant. She was born 31 December 1909 to George E. and Mara Ophelia Blanton.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

MP 1.1 Fortune, William D.
description: William D. Fortune as an infant. Fortune was born 24 September 1908 to George E. Fortune and Mara Ophelia Blanton.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

VF6 Smith Mountain Lake
description: Model of Smith Mountain Lake.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

VF5 Smith Mountain Lake
description: Aerial view of Smith Mountain Lake Dam.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

VF4 Smith Mountain Lake
description: Aerial view of Smith Mountain Lake.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

VF3 Smith Mountain Lake Picnic Area
description: Picnic area at Smith Mountain Lake.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

VF2 Smith Mountain Lake
description: Aerial view of Smith Mountain Lake.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

VF1 Smith Mountain Lake Dam
description: Aerial view of Smith Mountain Lake Dam.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image