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The Virginia Room Digital Collection includes photographs, oral histories, books, pamphlets and finding aids to items in the Virginia Room. Continue to check back for new additions.

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PC 96.0 Shenandoah Life .jpg
"The air-conditioned home office building of the Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, Erected 1949. Located on US 221 West. 3 1/2 miles from the center of Roanoke; contains 75,000 square feet of floor space and all modern conveniences including…

PC 95.4 View from N&W Bridge.jpg
"View from N&W Bridge, Roanoke, Virginia."

PC 95.3 Memorial Bridge.jpg
"Roanoke, Virginia, "The Star City of the South". This city is the headquarters of America's most prosperous railroad, the Norfolk & Western, and located here are its shops and offices. Today, Roanoke is a beautiful city-replete with fine schools…

PC 95.2.1 Franklin Road Bridge by Night.jpg
"Franklin Road Bridge by night. Roanoke, Virginia."

PC 95.2 Franklin Road Bridge.jpg
"Franklin Road Bridge, Roanoke, Virginia".

PC 95.1 Jefferson and Walnut Bridges.jpg
"Jefferson Street and Walnut Avenue Bridges, Roanoke Virginia."

PC 95.0.1 Wasena Bridge.jpg
"Wasena Bridge, Roanoke Virginia. This bridge spans the Norfolk & Western Railroad and the Roanoke River. Just behind the trees on the left is the Transportation Museum and in the background are the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains which surround…

PC 95.0 New Wasena Bridge, Roanoke.jpg
"New Wasena Bridge, Roanoke, Virginia."

PC 94.0 First National Bank.jpg
First National Bank building, Roanoke, Virginia.

PC 93.1 American Legion Auditorium.jpg
"Nestling in a beautiful amphitheatre formed by the Blue Ridge Mountains on the west and at the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley lies Roanoke - "The Magic City", key to Virginia's Valley Resort and Mountain Empire."

PC 93.0 American Legion Auditorium.jpg
American Legion Auditorium.

PC 92.3 Fan Tail Falls.jpg
Fan Tail Falls northeast of Lexington, Virginia.

PC 92.2 Ruins of Old Mill.jpg
This old mill was located on Carvins Creek and is just below where the current Carvins Cove reservoir dam is located.

PC 92.1 Barn Dinner Theatre.jpg
"Roanoke's first dinner theatre in the round, "The Barn", a Howard D. Wolfe production of old atmosphere, gourmet food, cocktails and the best of Broadway. Presenting nightly, year 'round to those who know the state's most attractive entertainment."

PC 92.0 Roanoke River.jpg
Scene of the Roanoke River.
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