BM 018 Haran Baptist
description: Haran Baptist Church
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1924
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 021 Kittinger Chapel
description: Ink sketch of Kittinger Chapel, artist unknown.
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

BM 255 Sally Lewis
description: Sally Lewis, resident of Poages Mill area.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Kat Jacobs
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 256 Ben Lewis
description: Ben Lewis, resident of Haran area.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Kay Jacobs
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 259 Woodrum Orchard
description: Scene at Woodrum Orchard.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1911
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 262 Elmore Martin
description: Charcoal drawing of Elmore Martin. Martin served with the 28th Virginia Infantry, CSA. He died in the war.
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

BM 263 Grisso Family
description: Grisso Family, L to R: Ellis Grisso, Mary Grisso, Susie (Harris) Grisso, Price Grisso (small child), John H. Grisso.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 264 Back Creek
description: Erecting telephone poles and wire in Back Creek area.
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

BM 265 J.H. Grisso
description: Unidentified man examining remnants of splintered oak tree struck by lightning on J.H. Grisso farm, the strike of which killed J.H. Grisso
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: February 1927
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 266 John and Susie Grisso
description: John Henry and Susie (Harris) Grisso.
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

BM 267 Back Creek Orchard
description: Aerial view of Back Creek Orchard Company at foot of Bent Mountain; owned by Woodrum family, R.S. Stearnes, Dr. E.W. Senter, Jack Kefauver and Clinton Craighead
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

BM 268 Bent Mountain Elementary
description: Bent Mountain Elementary School
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 269 Back Creek Elementary
description: Back Creek Elementary School
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 270 Dr. Edward Tinsley
description: Dr. Edward Tinsley ready to start rounds on horseback. His house is in background. Tinsley practiced from 1890 to 1940 in the Bent Mountain area.
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

BM 271 Cave Spring
description: Spring at Cave Spring.
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

BM 272 Reed Family
description: Enjoying a spin in a Metz car. L to R: Neva, Vera, Elba, Raymond, and Alton Reed.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1919
contributor: Lois Reed
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 273 Griding Stone
description: Native American mortar and grinding stone found near Cave Spring, owned by M.A. Janney
creator: J.T. Molden
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Roanoke County
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 274 Luther Bell
description: Luther Bell, board of supervisors member representing Cave Spring.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Roanoke County
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 276 Cave Spring Fire Department
description: Cave Spring Volunteer Fire Department.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1971
contributor: Roanoke County
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 277 Book Mobile
description: Roanoke County Book Mobile in front of the Roanoke Count Public Library.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1966
contributor: Roanoke County
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 278 Grant Plaza
description: Grant Plaza at Cave Spring, located at 3901 Brambleton Avenue.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970
contributor: Roanoke County
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 279 Ola and Hubert Harris
description: Ola Agee Harris and Hubert E. Harris lived in the Starkey area.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 280 Sarah and Ballard Martin
description: Sarah and Ballard Martin in front of home. Home is presently located on Shingle Ridge Road, off of Cotton Hill Road. Grandson Damon Martin is in buggy.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Davis Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 281 Lockett Family
description: L to R: Alonzo Lockett, Callie Harris Lockett, Pattie Martin at home formerly located across from the old Starkey School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 282 Hubert Harris
description: Hubert Harris on Salem Avenue in Downtown Roanoke.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 283 Lockett-Harris Family
description: Callie Lockett (seated), L to R: Carol Harris, Alonzo Lockett, Hubert Harris, David Harris, Dorothy Harris
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 284 Callie Lockett
description: Callie Lockett (nee Harris). She did not cut her hair after age 16, as she thought it sinful to do so.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 285 Alonzo Lockett
description: Alonzo Lockett in “Dokkie” fez.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 286 Harris Home
description: Harris homeplace along Route 221. It was razed when highway was widened.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 2002
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 287 Central Baptist
description: Central Baptist Church, Vacation Bible School. Rev. Arnold Williams is in suit at far left.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1956
contributor: David Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 288 Fralins Produce
description: Fralin’s produce stand along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1980s
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 289 Reed Home
description: Home of Elbe and Essie Reed, located behind Reed’s Store.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Lois Overstreet
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 290 Bent Mountain High
description: 1936 Graduating Class of Bent Mountain High School; Standing, L to R: Raymond Carr, George Powell, Homer Reed; Seated, L to R: Elois King, Margaret Jamison
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1936
contributor: Glenn Reed
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 291 Reeds Orchard
description: Reed’s Orchard operation at intersection of Poor Mountain Road and Tinsley Lane. The apple packing shed in photo was built in 1933.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1990
contributor: Glenn Reed
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 292 Reeds Orchard
description: Aerial view of Reed’s Orchard, located at the intersection of Poor Mountain Road and Tinsley Lane. The house was built by the Woodrum Family, bought by Homer Reed in 1948 and closed as a commercial orchard in 1995.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: October 1990
contributor: Glenn Reed
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 293 Coles Egg Farm
description: Snow being plowed at Coles Egg Farm after a big snow on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960
contributor: Glenn Reed
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 294 Reeds Store
description: Elbe Reed in his store (right) on Route 221. The man at left is unidentified, but possibly a salesman. The store also served as Bent Mountain Post Office.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Glenn Reed
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 295 Bent Mountain Faculty
description: Faculty Group at Bent Mountain School; L to R: Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Brook Alderman, ?, Mr. Woods (principal), Ann McGee, Viva Bowles.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 14 May 1947
contributor: Sheri Poff
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 296 Bent Mountain School
description: Student group at Bent Mountain School, mostly unidentified, though it does contain Virginia Walters and Cassie Fralin
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Sheri Poff
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 297 Bent Mountain School
description: Group at Bent Mountain School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Sheri Poff
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 298 John Austin
description: John Philip Austin at his home located across Route 221 from Mt. Union Church of the Brethren. Austin was the first person to have heart by-pass surgery at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: October 1958
contributor: Sheri Poff
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 299 John and Virginia Austin
description: John and Virginia Walters Austin sitting on front porch of home with grandchildren.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: June 1961
contributor: Sheri Poff
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 301 Back Creek Elementary
description: Back Creek Elementary School; L to R: Marie Sloan, ?, ?, Gaynelle Simpson, ?
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 302 Poages Mill COB
description: Play at Poages Mill Church of the Brethren; L to R: Eddy Grisso, Curt Mowles, Norvell Hurt, Dick Agee, Daisy Long
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1948
contributor: Hazel Brown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 303 Lorene Simpson and Polly Rierson
description: Lorene Simpson and Polly Rierson.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Hazel Brown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 304 Stanley Home
description: House along Route 221, formerly across from Haran Baptist Church.The Stanley Family moved there in 1943. It was razed in late 1960s.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 305 Back Creek School
description: Back Creek School; L to R: Ethel Stump, Mauvieleen Stanley, Lorene Underwood, Martin Tinsley, Arlene Stanley.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 306 Mauvieleen Stanley
description: Mauvieleen Stanley on Route 221 in area of Haran Baptist Church.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 307 Stanley Family
description: Stanley Family in snow in the Haran area.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 308 Altis Family
description: L to R: Clarence Altis, Mauvieleen Stanley, Ida Stanley, Gaye Stanley. The hill behind them is where the King’s Forest subdivision is today along Route 221.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 309 Diane Altis
description: Diane Altis on pick-up in Back Creak area.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1952
contributor: Mauvieleen Altis
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 310 Look Out Lodge
description: Look Out Lodge postcard, Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 311 Reno Restaurant
description: Reno Restaurant card, formerly located in Starkey area on Crystal Creek Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 312 Ferguson Family
description: Roland Ferguson and family in front of their house. The house is located at 5109 Twelve O’Clock Knob Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1905
contributor: Lorie Murray
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 313 40 Acres
description: “40 Acres” home postcard, Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 314 Back Creek Faculty
description: Back Creek School faculty photo; L to R: Ella Clark Henry, Rufus Henry, Mary Turner.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 315 Hartman Home
description: Preston Hartman home, Cave Spring.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 316 Preston Hartman
description: Preston Hartman
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 317 Henry McGuire
description: Henry P. McGuire of Cave Spring in J.L. Dishong fruit and vegetable wagon.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Bob Stauffer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 318 Cave Spring Baptist
description: Postcard of Cave Spring Baptist Church, showing parsonage and sanctuary.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 319 Ott and Lucy Poage
description: Ott and Lucy Poage at a dance at Back Creek Elementary School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Lynne Mowles
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 320 Poffs Garage
description: Poff’s Garage, Route 221, Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: January 2017
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 321 Ruby and Allen Stone
description: Ruby and Allen Stone, Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1964
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 322 Allen Stone
description: Allen Stone, Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1971
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 323 BMMTC Stock
description: Bent Mountain Mutual Telephone Company stock certificate.
creator: Bent Mountain Mutual Telephone Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1919
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 324 Bent Mountain School
description: “Old” Bent Mountain School.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 325 Christo Evangelical
description: A vacant Christo Evangelical Wesleyan Church in the Bottom Creek area.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: January 2017
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 326 Bottom Creek COB
description: A vacant Bottom Creek Church of the Brethren.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 2017
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 327 Elbe Reed Store
description: Former Elbe Reed store and Bent Mountain Post Office on Route 221 in process of being razed.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: January 2017
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 328 Fralins Produce
description: Fralin's Produce along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1983
contributor: Alan Fralin
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 333 Ruby and Allen Stone
description: Ruby and Allen Stone at Union 76 Service Station along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970s
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 334 Union 76
description: Stone’s Union 76 Service Station along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1978
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 335 Fletcher Wimmer
description: Fletcher Wimmer working on family farm. The Wimmers had large cabbage fields. Their farm bordered the Blue Ridge Parkway near the spur road to Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960s
contributor: Glenna Wimmer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 336 Will Wimmer
description: Will Wimmer, a farmer at Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Glenna Wimmer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 337 Bent Mountain Hunting Club
description: Bent Mountain Hunting Club. The old club building was located on Callaway Road, off of Route 221 just past Blue Ridge Parkway overpass. Standing, L to R: Will Wimmer, C.F. Holt, Walter Overfelt, Dewey Holt, Doug Lancaster, ?, Woodrow Reed, Jake Hurst, ?, Lank Alderman All others unidentified.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Glenna Wimmer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 338 Bent Mountain Hunting Club
description: Unidentified musicians entertain inside clubhouse of Bent Mountain Hunting Club.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Glenna Wimmer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 339 Bent Mountain Hunting Club
description: Bent Mountain Hunting Club cabin on Calloway Road, later burned and was replaced with a cinderblock building. Will Wimmer on far right.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Glenna Wimmer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 340 Bent Mountain Hunting Club
description: Bent Mountain Hunting Club members ready for a hunt, location unknown.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Glenna Wimmer
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 341 Apple Shed
description: Marshal Conner’s Bent Mountain Apple Shed produce stand along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1983
contributor: Gladys King
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 342 King Brothers Mill
description: King Brothers’ saw mill, formerly located in the Bottom Creek area. The mill was powered by steam engine. Logs were hauled to the site by oxen and horses.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Gladys King
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 343 Starkey Station
description: Starkey Combination Station.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 345 Grisso-Gates School
description: Grisso-Gates School building, located on property of 5321 S. Roselawn Road in Cave Spring.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 2017
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 346 Tinsley Lane
description: Haystacks along Tinsley Lane.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Ed Frost
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 348 Laurel Ranch
description: Vacation cabin at Laurel Ranch.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Ed Frost
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 349 Starkey School
description: Starkey School
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1980s
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 350 Dr. Joseph Gale
description: Dr. Joseph A. Gale, a physician at Cave Spring in 1880s.
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

BM 351 Gale Office
description: Dr. Joseph Gale’s office in Cave Spring.
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

BM 352 Gale Home
description: Dr. Joseph Gale’s home in Cave Spring, later owned by Dr. White.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1890
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 353 Conner Store
description: Former store of Clem and Mae Conner along Route 221.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 2017
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 355 Omer and Francis Simpson
description: Omer Simpson (right) with son, Francis, cutting hay. Simpson's farm was located on Martins Creek Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 356 Simpson Family
description: L to R: Nelson Simpson, Omer C. Simpson, Omer C. Simpson Jr., Francis Simpson and unidentified man stacking hay in field. Simpson farm was located on Martins Creek Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 357 Bent Mountain Hunting Club
description: Bent Mountain Hunting Club. Back row, L to R: Ruben Holt, Dewey Holt, Will Wimmer; Front row, L to R: Ralph Metz, Howard Nichols, Raymond Wimmer
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
contributor: Sammy Holt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 359 Mormon Group
description: Mormon Church Group at Back Creek.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
contributor: Genevieve Henderson
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 360 Conner Family
description: L to R: Marvin, Jesse, and Betty Conner picking apples in Thompson orchard on Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1958
contributor: Cindy Windel
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 361 Finnell & Sons
description: B.G. Finnell & Sons store on Route 221, near foot of Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Laura Hall
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 362 Finnells Pool
description: Finnell’s Pool on Route 221, near foot of Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: August 1960
contributor: Laura Hall
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 363 B.G. Finnell
description: B.G. Finnell, Sr. in front of his store.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Laura Hall
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 365 Belleview Primitive Baptist
description: Belleview Primitive Baptist Church on Roselawn Road.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 366 Riersons Store
description: Rierson's Store. This was the original store that stood where Back Creek Elementary School stands today on Route 221.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1924
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 367 Riersons Store
description: Temporary Rierson's Store that was used after old store was razed and before new store was built.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 369 Fiddlers Convention
description: Flier promoting "Old Time Fiddler's Convention" at Back Creek School.
creator: Back Creek PTA
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 370 Music Festival
description: Flier promoting a music festival at the "new" Back Creek High School.
creator: Back Creek Social Service Club
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1937
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 371 Riersons Store
description: Rierson’s Store on Route 221.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970s
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 372 Rierson Family
description: Maynard Rierson and family.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 373 Mr. and Mrs. Rierson
description: Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Rierson 50th Wedding Anniversary photo.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Tim Hash
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 374 Bent Mountain
description: Aerial view of Roanoke Look Out Lodge Gift Shop along Route 221 at the top of Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960s
contributor: Frank Stone
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 375 Look Out Gift Shop
description: Roanoke Look Out Gift Shop on Route 221 at the top of Bent Mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1955
contributor: Frank Stone
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 376 George Burris
description: George M. Burris (right) on a hay wagon, Bent Mountain.
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

BM 378 Cave Spring High
description: Cave Spring High School
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 379 Cave Spring High
description: Aerial view of Cave Spring High School and Cave Spring Baptist Church.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 380 Marvin Thompson and Guy Conner
description: Marvin Thompson (sitting on barrel) and Guy Conner in Woodrum Orchard.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1943
contributor: Cindy Windel
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 381 Poages Mill Baseball
description: Poages Mill baseball team, #1, R.C. Wertz, #2 O.L. Grisso, #3 John Wertz, #4 Bill Grisso, #5 Ott Wertz, #6 Walt Henry, #7 E.B. Martin, #8 John Bowles, #9 R.C. Henry
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
contributor: Walter Henry
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 138 Bessie and Essie Beckner
description: Bessie Beckner (left) and Essie Mae Beckner.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
contributor: Grandle Meador
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

BM 190 Holt's Store
description: Col. Holt’s store and house on Bent Mountain. Dr. Hurt’s car is parked in front.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Dana DeWitt
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Image
type: Still Image

VRD 2.1 Market Street
description: Looking north on Market Street.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.2 Market Square
description: Looking north on Market Street toward Market Square.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.3 Market Building
description: A view of the Market Building.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.5 Market Square
description: A view of Market Square.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.6 Kirk Avenue
description: Wholesaling operations on Kirk Avenue as seen from Market Street.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.7 Market Interior
description: Largely empty stalls inside the Market Building.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.8 Campbell Avenue
description: View of buildings along Campbell Avenue across from the Market Building, including the Roanoke Weiner Stand, Gulf Mills Department Store, and Bob's Shoe Store.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.9 Vendor Stalls
description: Hams and eggs at a vendor stall outside of theMarket Building.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.10 City Market
description: An unidentifed woman shops for flowers at the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.11 Market Street
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.12 Market Interior
description: An interior view of the meat market inside the Market Building.
creator: City of Roanoke
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

VRD 2.13 Market Interior
description: Boxes of merchandise stacked inside the Market Building. Signs above indicate portion sizes for various items.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.14 Market Square
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.15 Market Square
description: A view of vendor stalls along Market Square.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.16 Market Square
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls along Market Square.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.17 Market Street
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.18 Market Interior
description: Interior of Market Building after removal of vendor stalls for renovation.
creator: City of Roanoke
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

VRD 2.19 Market Street
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.20 Market Interior
description: An interior view of the Market Building.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.21 Market Street
description: Looking north on Market Street toward the Market Building.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.22 Salem Avenue
description: Looking east on Salem Avenue near Wall Street intersection.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.23 Market Street
description: Vendor stalls along Market Street on the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.24 Market Square
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.25 Market Interior
description: Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls inside the Market Building.
creator: City 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

VRD 2.26 Market Interior
description: Vendor stalls inside the Market Building.
creator: City 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

Gainsboro Library Vertical Files and Surname Files Index
description: The Vertical Files and Surname Files Index is an alphabetical list of over 250 topical files. Vertical files may include pamphlets, news clippings and other materials that do not merit a call number, but are arranged for ready reference on a given topic.
creator: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
format: pdf
type: Text

A Guide to the Heller Family Collection
description: This is a guide to the Heller Family Collection. The collection contains items related to members of the Heller family, including: Moorman Pendleton Heller; his wife, Lucy Blanch Robinson Heller; and their son, George Henry Robinson Heller. The majority of the collection relates primarily to the lives of Lucy and George, who were both educators, and is mainly comprised of photographs related to the family, but also includes various ephemera and documents dating from approximately the early 1910s until the 1980s.
creator: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
format: pdf
type: Text

SR001 Virginia Bridge & Iron
description: The Virginia Bridge and Iron Works began in 1888 as the American Bridge Works, changing its name in 1893. Other branch plants were located in Memphis, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia. The Roanoke Branch was involved in hundreds of bridge projects throughout the state and some commercial buildings. After World War II, the plant was purchased by the American Steel Company. The plant closed in the early 1960s.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR002 Jefferson Apartments
description: The Jefferson Apartments were built in 1912 on South Jefferson Street. The apartments existed for several decades before being razed in the late 1990s. The site of the apartment building was occupied by a house that was moved across Mountain Avenue to create the lot for the apartment building to be erected.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1918
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR003 Roanoke Times
description: The Roanoke Times was the first daily paper in Roanoke, having been started by M.A. Claytor in 1886. In 1909, the Times was purchased by J. B. Fishburn, Edward L. Stone, and W.S. Battle and became the Roanoke Times, Incorporated. The Times building, shown here, was built in 1914.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1914
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR004 Calvary Baptist
description: The Calvary Baptist Church on Campbell Avenue had as its early sanctuary this beautiful building which was located directly across the street from the present-day facility. Needing more space for the growing congregation and with the completion of the new sanctuary, this sanctuary (built in 1894) was razed in 1931.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR005 Martha Washington Candies
description: This interior view of the Martha Washington Candies store shows what the company considered its “Southern Factory.” Martha Washington Candies Roanoke franchise was started by W.G. Baldwin at 310 S. Jefferson Street in 1914. Mr. Baldwin was of the famed Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1916
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR006 Shenandoah Hospital
description: Construction of Shenandoah Hospital commenced in 1912, opening the next year. The hospital was located on West Campbell Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets. Dr. J.H. Dunkley was president and assisted by Dr. Ira Huff, Dr. W.S. Slicer, Dr. J.T. Hughes, and Dr. L.G. Richards. The hospital also had an 11-room house for nurses and doctors.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR010 YMCA
description: The top image is of the Central YMCA and the bottom image is of the Railroad Department YMCA. The Railroad YMCA opened on November 10, 1903. The Young Men’s Christian Association began in Roanoke in 1883.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR011 View from Incline
description: The postcard image shows what the vista would have looked like over a century ago atop the famous Mill Mountain Incline. In the bottom foreground is the back side of the old Roanoke Hospital, and in the top distant background one can see the former Roanoke Fairgrounds.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR012 Jefferson Street
description: This card shows how Jefferson Street had changed over the years. This view looks north down Jefferson Street from Mountain Avenue, showing a variety of commercial buildings, apartments and hotels.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR013 Masonic Temple
description: The Masonic Temple was located on the northwest corner of 1st and Kirk Street. In 1915, the street level was occupied by Reams, Jones and Blankenship furniture store. The store’s slogan was “Marry the girl – we’ll furnish the home.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR014 J.H. Marsteller
description: J.H. Marsteller created ornate marble monuments and headstones. This card was produced for Marsteller in 1907, showing on the left the exhibit of Marsteller at the 1907 Jamestown Exhibition’s Timber and Mineral Building. The image on the right shows Marsteller’s place of business in Roanoke on 21 Campbell Avenue SE, which was built in 1897 as the left half of the building with the right half and additional third floor being added in 1905. It was sold to Nelson Hardware in 1916. In the 1960’s it was the Gulf Mills Discount Department Store. It has since been razed for the Market Square parking garage and Orvis store.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR015 Belmont Baptist
description: Belmont Baptist Church was organized on October 17, 1901. They dedicated their second sanctuary in Southeast Roanoke in 1904. Belmont Baptist continues to worship in the sanctuary depicted on this card.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR016 First Christian
description: A member used this card to celebrate her new church sanctuary: “Our new church cost $15,000, pipe organ $2,650, pews $1,100. Expect to dedicate third Sunday in April.” Unfortunately, the church was badly damaged by a fire in 1917, but recovered.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR017 Belmont Christian
description: The Belmont section of Roanoke, long-served by the Christian Church there, began as a 40-home development around 1889. The Belmont School opened in 1893 and soon followed street car service (1905), the city’s first automobile fire steamer (1911), and jitney buses (1921).
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1918
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR018 Roanoke Sanatorium
description: This card’s description reads, “One of the bedrooms of the Roanoke Sanitarium, Inc. – Institution for the treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Drug and Alcohol Addictions.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1913
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR019 St. Charles Hospital
description: The St. Charles Hospital was located at 533 Mountain Avenue. It opened in March of 1913 under the direction of Dr. J.C. Burke. The hospital closed in 1934, and the building was converted into apartments.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1916
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR011 Fort Lewis Tourist Court
description: The sender of this postcard wrote, “Will spend New Years Eve here, rained all day, having a good time. This motel is very comfortable. See you in San Francisco.” The Fort Lewis Tourist Courts was ½ mile west of Salem on Route 11.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1953
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR012 Goodwin's Motel
description: The Goodwin Motel’s postcard boasted “approved drinking water.” The motel was located west of Salem on Route 11, which served for many years as the modern-day equivalent of the interstate.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR013 Poole's Motor Court
description: This motor court was managed by H.R. Poole, who mailed this particular card to Joseph Lang of West Hempstead, NY, with the simple message, “You’re welcome in Virginia.” The establishment lured visitors by claiming “no truck or railroad noise.” Its address was 811 E. Main Street in Salem.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR014 Windsor Court Motel
description: Windsor Court Motel was at 1908 W. Main Street, Salem. Effie Snead was the owner and, at the time the card was published, Charles Snead was the manager.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR015 Falls Near Hollins
description: Elva wrote to Albert Reinhold on the back of this card the following: “Received your postal from Washington, thank you so very much. Tell your dear mother that I will write to her tomorrow. This is a perfectly grand day to take a walk. Wish you were here to go with me.” The falls and mill dam were located where the current Carvins Cove reservoir dam is located today.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

A Guide to the A. B. Claytor Collection
description: This is a guide to the A. B. Claytor Collection. The collection contains items related to the Alexander Broadon Claytor and his family. While the majority of the collection is comprised of family photographs, also included are funeral programs, a marriage certificate and published articles. The collection dates from approximately the early 1920s to 1995.
creator: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
format: pdf
type: Text

SR016 Hollins College
description: The history of Hollins University actually begins in New York with Joshua Bradley, a Baptist minister. Bradley purchased the property of the defunct Roanoke Female Seminary in 1842 for the purpose of forming an education union to “conduct an institution for all denominations.” This card shows how Hollins looked a century after Bradley’s purchase.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR020 Hollins College
description: The “new” bridge shown here was built in 1908, replacing an older one. The bridge was part of an extensive landscape plan developed for the campus at the time that consisted of gardens, boardwalks, bridges and recreational areas.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1935
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR021 Hollins College
description: Early in Hollins’ history, social life for the students was very structured and limited. For example, in 1925 students could receive “gentlemen callers” only on weekend nights and Sunday afternoons. Dates off campus required a chaperone and parental permission, although seniors could accompany first year students on the buses to Roanoke.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1911
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR022 Hollins College
description: The sulphur spring on the Hollins campus was discovered in the early 1800s in the bed of Carvins Creek. The message on this card boasted, “Its water has wonderful curative powers, and many prominent men, among them President Andrew Jackson and General Lafayette, have enjoyed it.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR023 Hollins College
description: When this postcard was sent, Hollins students were on a reinvigorated academic schedule that covered six days. Students could no longer attend for two years and get an “Academic Certificate.” They now must complete all four years. These academic changes were the results of the school’s visionary president, Matty Cocke, who served from 1901 until 1933. “Hollins with its comfortable special courses is no more; we have become a more exact college,” noted a student reporter in 1909.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR025 Hollins College
description: The Main Building is one of the oldest structures on the campus. The building was erected in between 1861 and 1863. The day the building was started was the same day Virginia seceded from the Union. With the onslaught of the Civil War, construction was often delayed, and the builder, David Deyerle, was not fully paid until 1882 due to the economic collapse of the South. Total cost for Main was $20,000.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
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SR027 Hollins College
description: The 1920s saw the emergence of student leadership in the affairs of the college. In 1920 a student forum was organized for the purpose of providing input on a variety of issues. One reoccurring issue was dress. Could students wear short skirts, rolled hose, and French heels in lab classes? Students judicial and executive councils merged into a legislative committee in 1928.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1929
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR028 Hollins College
description: The West Building was totally rebuilt in 1890. The left wing contained the infirmary, doctor’s office and faculty living quarters, and the right wing contained two large halls for Hollins’ two early literary societies. The portico, completed in 1900, was done to echo that of the Main Building.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
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SR031 Hollins College
description: The Little Theater was created largely through the spirited giving of Hollins students who, in the 1920s, raised $45,000 toward the total cost of $65,000 for the structure. The theater was built in 1924, replacing an old auditorium that was in the basement of the school’s library. The theater contained 540 orchestra and 240 balcony seats.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
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SR032 Hollins College
description: Construction on East Building began in 1856 and was completed two years later. The East Building, complimenting Main and West, completed the quadrangle courtyard. According to early Hollins historians, East was designed to imitate in appearance the resort hotels popular during that era at many of Virginia’s sulphur springs.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1913
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR033 Hollins College
description: Presser Hall was erected in 1925, a gift of Theodore Presser, music publisher. Presser was a music professor at Hollins from 1880 until 1883. Unfortunately, Presser died before the building was completed. At the time of its dedication, the structure’s final cost was $56,000.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR034 Hollins College
description: The Bradley Chapel was built in 1883 but not named until the 1930s for Joshua Bradley. The chapel served as the center for campus religious activities. During the early years, Hollins students were expected to attend chapel services daily after supper.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR035 Hollins College
description: The infirmary, constructed in 1910, was named for Susanna Cocke. Utilizing Georgian and Federal architecture, the infirmary was actually the first building included in part of new quadrangle on the southeast section of the campus.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR036 Catawba Sanatorium
description: The Virginia Building of Catawba Sanatorium was constructed in 1913, four years after the Catawba Sanatorium opened. The original property for the sanatorium had been the Red Sulphur Springs.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR037 Catawba Sanatorium
description: When Catawba Sanatorium opened in 1909, it consisted of 42 beds located primarily in the old hotel that served the sulphur springs resort area. The sanatorium would expand in both buildings and number of patients significantly over the next few decades.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR038 Catawba Sanatorium
description: By 1937, Catawba Sanatorium was serving some 340 patients and the grounds totaled over 1100 acres, almost double the acreage contained in the original purchase. The many pavilions, such as the one above, were named for Virginia governors.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR039 Catawba Sanatorium
description: Catawba Sanatorium became in many ways a self-sustaining community. For many years, the sanatorium operated its own dairy farm. The number of patients and employees were such that the area soon had its own post office, school, chapel, and other amenities.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR041 Catawba Sanatorium
description: Catawba Sanatorium developed its own nursing school to train healthcare professionals in the treatment of tuberculosis. Between 1912 and 1954, Catawba School of Nursing graduated 258 Certified Tuberculosis Nurses.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1935
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR042 Catawba Sanatorium
description: This view of the women’s quarters shows the west end of the lean-to with lounging room in the center. Catawba ceased accepting tuberculosis patients on January 1, 1972. When it did, records indicated that some 25,000 tuberculosis patients had received treatment at Catawba Sanatorium during its 63 years of operation. Since 1972, Catawba Hospital has served patients with mental illness.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR043 Enon Baptist
description: Enon Baptist Church is one of the oldest Baptist churches in the Roanoke Valley. Built in 1855 across from the entrance of present-day Hollins University, the church was established by Charles Cocke, president of Hollins Institute.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR044 Twelve O'Clock Knob
description: One of the most prominent geographical features in the Roanoke Valley is Twelve O’Clock Knob with an altitude of 2,707 feet. According to local tradition, the mountain received its name prior to the Civil War when slaves, working west of Salem, determined it to be noon and time for lunch when the sun was just at a point directly over the mountain.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR045 Twelve O'Clock Knob
description: Exactly what road this might be cannot be determined. Historic records, however, show that interest in building a road from Salem across Twelve O’Clock Knob to Back Creek and then up Bent Mountain dated back to 1840.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR046 High Cliffs
description: The official arrival of the Norfolk and Western Railroad (later Railway) into the Roanoke Valley occurred on June 18, 1882, when an N&W locomotive steamed into the newly-named Town of Roanoke. With the coming of the railroad, the population and commercial activity of the Roanoke Valley began to boom.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR047 Ward Haven Camp
description: This camp was originally constructed in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1941, it became an Army mechanical training camp. From 1943 until 1946, the camp housed 150 German POWs who worked in nearby orchards. Today, the camp is owned and operated by the Roanoke Valley Baptist Association as a retreat center.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1942
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR050 Vinton Roller Mill
description: Vinton Roller Mills, along Glade Creek, grew out of mills originally built by David Gish that pre-dated the Civil War. By the Twentieth Century, the remaining mill was owned and operated by James Bowie and produced three kinds of flour. By 1924, the operation was known as Vinton Milling Company.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1913
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR051 Vinton Baptist
description: Vinton Baptist Church began in 1892. The building shown in this postcard rendering is one constructed in 1924, replacing the original sanctuary of 1894.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR053 Vinton War Memorial
description: The Vinton War Memorial is a tribute to the 29 men of Vinton who gave their lives in military service during World War II and Vietnam. The building, seen here, was dedicated in 1948 as a community center and remains such today.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR054 JC Cook Home
description: This fine residence belonged to prominent businessman, J.C. Cook originally of Bonsack. Cook later moved to the Vinton area and owned the land on which the Vinton War Memorial was built.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR055 Methodist Church
description: This Methodist Church was an early sanctuary of the present-day Thrasher Memorial United Methodist Church. The present sanctuary was built in 1963. The church was named for Paul and Sallie Thrasher, pioneer Methodists in the Roanoke Valley. The church traces its origins back to 1815.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1908
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR056 Hanging Rock
description: The name “Hanging Rock” was given due to the rock formation’s appearance as projecting from the mountainside. In the area of Hanging Rock occurred one of only two Civil War engagements within the bounds of Roanoke County.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
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format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR057 Traveltown
description: Traveltown, located on Route 11 in Cloverdale, advertised “Every cottage heated with Private Bath.” In the mid-1920s, Route 11 became a link in the Washington-to-San Diego Lee Highway, making it a part of the transcontinental highway system.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR058 Traveltown
description: The vast majority of tourist homes, motor courts, motels and other tourist-related businesses dried up after the emergence of President Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. Small towns were bypassed, and routes, such as Route 11, were no longer used with any significance by destination travelers.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR059 Camp Powhatan
description: Camp Powhatan was located in the Natural Bridge National Forest Reserve. Scouting, having reached the States in 1910, has a long history in Roanoke County. The Blue Ridge Mountains Council, No. 599, is headquartered in Roanoke County, having merged in 1972 with the Piedmont Council.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1931
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR060 McAfee Knob
description: This card reads, “From the crest of McAfee’s Knob, near Salem, at an altitude of 4,000 feet, and commanding a view of entrancing beauty. ‘Point of Rocks’ projects over the Valley far below. With nearly 2,000 feet of space beneath him, the visitor finds he does not have to travel thousands of miles to Yosemite Valley to grow dizzy on stupendous heights or to view men and horses dwarfed to pygmies in the depths below.” McAfee is one of the most photographed spots along the Appalachian Trail.
creator: G.E. Murrell
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR061 Lakeside
description: Lakeside was opened in 1920 by Robert Lynn, Sr., and featured a public swimming pool, roller coaster and one additional ride. The original 50-acre tract on which Lakeside was built was an orchard owned by John Bower.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR062 Lakeside
description: In 1936, Lakeside was purchased by H.L. Roberts, and his family owned and operated Lakeside for the next fifty years. When the amusement park opened it was described as “the largest pool anyone had ever seen,” complimented by a beach of imported sand and a boardwalk.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR064 Lakeside
description: Lakeside survived the Depression by offering low admission prices and cheap entertainment. During World War II, the USO provided servicemen complimentary tickets. There was even a movement in 1958 by nearby residents to constitute themselves as the town of Lakeside!
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR065 Lakeside
description: Like most public venues in the South, Lakeside was not integrated until 1964. At about this same time, park owners closed the pool, filled it over, and the park expanded.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR066 Lakeside
description: This card shows how much the park had developed under the ownership of the Roberts family. This card advertises, “South’s Finest Swimming Pool, Joy Rides for Children and Adults, Beautiful Picnic Grounds.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR067 Lakeside
description: Lakeside was for many decades the most popular draw for Valley residents and tourists in the region. Offering rides, amusements, recreation, and concerts, Lakeside was complimented by Dixie Caverns, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and being at the intersection of present-day Routes 419 and 460.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR068 Lakeside
description: Aunt Katherine wrote her nephew in Salisbury, Maryland, using this card, the following: “How would you like to go in bathing here? Uncle Frank and the boys are in now. It is fresh water. They have slides and swings and acting bars and every kind of exercise in the pool.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1923
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR069 Lakeside
description: Lakeside survived for over six decades, but the competition brought on by other more major theme parks took its toll. By 1983, the park was in financial trouble. Bought by Charles Fox in 1984, the park was struck by the Flood of 1985. The flood seemed to seal the fate of the park. Lakeside’s final day of operation was October 19, 1986. Today, the grounds of Lakeside are occupied by a shopping center.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR071 Salem
description: This century-old view of Salem showed the development of the town since its inception in 1802 by James Simpson when he created 40 lots on 16 acres. The lots fronted one main road which Simpson named “Roanoke Street.” The lots were two sizes, rectangular (66 x 266 feet) and square (132 feet). Cross streets were originally named Limestone Street (later called Union Street), Water Street (later Broad Street), and Market Street.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR072 Pennsylvania Avenue
description: This early street scene illustrates the stately residential developments that marked Salem’s development at the turn of the last century.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR073 Water Street
description: Water Street, later South Broad Street, was one of the earliest streets laid out in the 1802 plot of Salem. Water Street became the dominant center for Salem’s African-American community.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR075 Main Street
description: Dirt streets and horse carriages marked town living one hundred years ago. In the foreground, one can see the outline of a crosswalk, probably brick, that allowed pedestrians to maneuver across streets avoiding ankle-deep mud that often plagued towns following heavy rains.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR076 Main Street
description: W.G. Ronk took the picture that produced this card of turn-of-the-century Main Street, which James Simpson originally called Roanoke Street. The street was only a few blocks long when first developed, running from present-day Colorado Street to Union Street.
creator: W.G. Ronk
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1906
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR079 Main Street
description: Prominent on the left is a sign for W.B. Dillard Drug Co., Prescription Druggists, Soda and Mineral Waters. Watts Dillard was a prominent Salem business man involved in numerous civic projects. His drugstore, at the corner of Main and College, got a hot-water soda urn in 1901 which was big news. A local newspaper reported “both hot and cold drinks will be served in summer and winter.” This same establishment had turned heads with the installation of a “fly brush and fan,” a contraption that drove away flies from the soda fountain and kept air stirring constantly!
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR080 East Main
description: On the back of this postcard was written the following message: “Dear Mama – Does this look like home? Not much, I guess you would like it down here because people are so easy going and don’t believe in working all the time…” Home, by the way, was Dover, New Jersey.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR081 East Main
description: After much discussion, Salem’s city fathers agreed to a streetcar route on Main Street (the tracks can be seen in this card) in 1894. The system served Salem and connected riders to the Roanoke line that crossed over Masons Creek. The streetcars operated for many years, but were abandoned in 1931 with the discontinuation of the Salem-Roanoke line. The trolley tracks along West Main were removed in 1938.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR082 Main Street
description: Main Street has become the setting for one of Salem’s most successful civic and commercial events – Olde Salem Days. The event began in 1981 with an estimated 12,000 visitors. By 1985, under the sponsorship of the Jaycees, “Days” drew some 40,000 persons and has continued to be a major draw encompassing a variety of vendors, musicians, crafters, and an antique car show.
creator: Cline
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR083 High Street
description: Salem’s first major population and economic boom occurred between 1880 and 1890 with the development of the railroad. The population during that decade nearly doubled. The Roanoke Collegian reported in 1891, “Building continues, High Street is being graded and widened, the streets are brilliant with electric lights, the laying of sewer pipes is being pursued vigorously.” This card depicts the many improvements made to High Street during that time.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR084 College Avenue
description: Good streets have always been one of the basic services provided by any municipality to its citizens. In 1909, a Salem newspaper headline read, “Good Streets Coming.” The editor was congratulating Salem leaders for applying crushed limestone to the streets in replace of cinder. In 1911, the streets were actually “oiled” to suppress dust.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR085 The Boulevard
description: For a few years, Salem’s residential streets were segregated. In 1913, Salem created racially segregated residential districts which were permitted by state law. District No. 1 (centered around Water Street) was for blacks, and District No. 2 was for whites. This arrangement met with local controversy before an enlightened U.S. Supreme Court ruled such districts unconstitutional in 1919. The house at left was built in 1901 as the home of Theophilus J. Shickel, The home was conveyed to John M. Oakey and Sons Funeral Home in 1936.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR086 Broad Street
description: Business leaders in Salem and Roanoke sought to promote their respective communities through a variety of promotional pamphlets. Scenes, such as the one above, were often included to demonstrate progress and prosperity. Salem was labeled as the “Queen City of the Southwest” in an 1884 circular.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR088 Courthouse
description: This photo postcard shows the old county courthouse. The structure was built in 1841 on a lot purchased by Roanoke County from John Gray of Missouri for $400. The courthouse was constructed by Salem hotelier William C. Williams. During the Civil War, the structure served as a hospital, and if anyone dared to carve on the wooden interior ornamentation they could be fined $5. The courthouse stood for 69 years being demolished in February of 1909 due to severe structural deterioration.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR090 Courthouse
description: Judge William Moffett convened the first session of Circuit Court in the new court room on April 1, 1910, and dedicated the day “for the hearing of matters and reading of papers of local historical interest.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR092 Baptist Orphanage
description: The Baptist Orphanage often brought visiting Baptists from around the state to Salem, who, according to the early Salem newspapers, would bring the children into town for entertainment and recreation.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR093 Baptist Orphanage
description: As a measure of Salem’s hospitality, many of the local churches, regardless of denomination, became involved with both the Baptist and Lutheran orphanages. In fact, Roanoke College offered free tuition to qualified students from both orphanages.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1918
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR094 Baptist Orphanage
description: Before the advent of modern medicine, quarantine was often the best strategy to avoid the spread of disease. Salem, like all communities, had to impose its fair share of them. In 1905, the Baptist Orphanage was quarantined for two weeks due to an outbreak of 15 cases of varioloid on it campus.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR095 Baptist Orphanage
description: The cornerstone on the Administration Building was laid on July 4, 1901, becoming occupied in 1902. It’s red-brick castle-like structure was an imposing piece of architecture on the campus. The Administration Building was razed in 1965.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR096 Baptist Orphanage
description: The hill-top Baptist Orphanage prided itself on being self-sustaining in its early years. A generous donation of an additional 87 acres in 1897 allowed the orphanage to even operate a full-scale farm and dairy herd.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR097 Baptist Orphanage
description: By 1905, the Baptist Orphanage, which was just a decade old, was caring for 165 orphans. Some were placed in the institution’s care due to loss of parents, while others came to live because their families were impoverished. All needs of the children were met, and all attended schools in Salem.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR098 Baptist Orphanage
description: The original 16 acres on which the orphanage sat was donated by businessman John M. Evans. The very first cottage to be built, which was completed on July 1, 1892, was named for the philanthropist.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR099 Baptist Orphanage
description: This second cottage to be built for the orphanage was named for the institution’s first superintendent, the Reverend George J. Hobday, who served from 1891 until 1906.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR100 Baptist Orphanage
description: The residence for the superintendent was constructed within the first decade of the orphanage’s operation. The residence allowed the superintendent to not only live on the campus but to host visitors and families.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR101 Baptist Orphanage
description: Life at the orphanage often paralleled the events within Salem. Some of those were not positive. In 1918, a severe outbreak of the Spanish flu closed Salem’s schools, churches, and businesses for over a month. Sixty children at the Baptist orphanage contracted the illness, including its nurse, Mary Dunton. Ms. Dunton died as a result, having served as the orphans’ nurse for twelve years. In addition to her, the epidemic took the lives of 13 others living in Salem.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR102 Lutheran Orphanage
description: The Lutheran Orphanage arrived in Salem in May of 1896, occupying a brick home on five acres at the corner of present-day Florida Avenue and Boulevard. The orphanage eventually bought the former Hotel Salem on College Avenue (shown here), which it occupied from 1900 until 1927.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR104 Lutheran Orphanage
description: The Lutheran Orphanage sold much of its land holdings in the 1960s to Salem for the purpose of erecting what is now the Salem Civic Center. The buildings were sold in 1985 to Roanoke College.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR105 Women's Club
description: The Roanoke County Women’s Club was formed on June 7, 1923, by 28 women. In May of 1929, the club formally dedicated their clubhouse. On year later, the Junior Club added a wing to the main clubhouse and started a library. This effort laid the groundwork for the county’s library system.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR106 J.C. Langhorne Home
description: James C. Langhorne was prominent in the formation of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, helped develop Lake Spring Park, served on the Salem Town Council, and operated several business enterprises.
creator: W.G. Ronk
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR107 Monterey
description: Monterey was the pre-Civil War home of the Chapman family. In later years, the home at the corner of High and Clay served as a hotel, hosting visitors by providing a truly residential flavor.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR108 Ridgewood Farm
description: The Ridgewood farm land is today a developed retail corridor, known as the Ridgewood Village Center. The center opened in 1985 with a variety of stores and restaurants. The home, shown here, remains.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1926
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR109 Strouse Home
description: The impressive home of Salem lawyer Demetrius B. Strouse on Broad Street was built around the turn of the last century. Strouse was involved in numerous civic and religious projects in the Roanoke Valley.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR110 N&W Passenger Station
description: The passenger station hosted a prominent visitor on October 19, 1934, when President Franklin Roosevelt came to dedicate the new Veterans’ Hospital. After the ceremony, the President came to Salem where he was escorted by Salem’s mayor and a cadre of Boy Scouts to his waiting train.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1912
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR111 N&W Passenger Station
description: The N&W Railway donated and created a park near the passenger station in 1933 at College Avenue and 8th Street. The park was one of several that were developed in Salem during that time period.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR112 N&W Passenger Station
description: Passenger service at the Salem depot ended on April 30, 1965. On that day, YWCA kindergartners boarded the Powhatan Arrow for a trip to Christiansburg. That same year, the N&W donated the station to the town of Salem.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR113 N&W Passenger Station
description: For many years, Salem had also benefited from passenger service provided by the Virginian Railroad. Virginian passenger service in Salem ended in 1954, five years prior to its merger with the N&W.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR114 Crawford Hotel
description: This 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: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR115 Longwood
description: The Victorian mansion, known as “Longwood,” was built by Thomas Henry Cooper around 1904. Unfortunately, this majestic structure was destroyed by fire on November 19, 1968.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR117 Fort Lewis
description: The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected in 1927 a monument marking the location of Fort Lewis which had been built by General Andrew Lewis.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR119 Salem
description: In 1952, residents of South Salem started a petition drive to incorporate a new town, Mount Regis. This was countered by residents desiring annexation into Salem. With some legal maneuverings and posturing, the “Mount Regis” citizens settled down, acknowledging annexation was the pre-determined outcome. Soon thereafter, Salem expanded its borders.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1935
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR120 Mount Regis
description: Mount Regis was built on Development Hill in South Salem. Mount Regis closed its doors as a sanitorium in 1939. The building was then taken over by the Youth Administration to provide housing for nurses aids in hospitals. After World War II, the White Cross Hospital, treating alcohol abuse, took over the facility.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1916
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR121 Mount Regis
description: Tuberculosis sanatoriums were numerous in the first half of the last century. By the late 1960s, tuberculosis was controllable and facilities, such as Mount Regis, were converted to other uses usually health related.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR122 Salem High School
description: What is now known as the Academy Street School served Salem’s students for many years. The building on the right was constructed in 1890 with an addition (left) coming in 1895. The original portion served the lower grades and the addition became the high school. Other additions came in 1901 and 1908. When first opened, it was known officially as Public School No. 1.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR122 Salem High School
description: The architectural drawing gracing this card was done by G.R. Ragan. The new high school, built on Broad Street, opened in 1912, relieving the overcrowded Academy Street school. Additions followed in 1920 and 1923, but the school was heavily damaged by fire on January 19, 1931, forcing town leaders to consider a new high school.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1912
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR124 Graded School A
description: – The “Graded School A” was erected on Water Street as a six-room frame school in 1890-91 (the same year the Academy Street School opened for white students). By 1895, the school had an enrollment of 258 under the principal John Duckwilder.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1918
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR126 G.W. Carver
description: – The George Washington Carver School was opened in the fall of 1940. The construction cost was $125,000. This new school was in response to the deterioration of the Water Street school
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR127 Baptist Church
description: The Salem Baptist Church was organized in 1870 and dedicated their sanctuary at the corner of North Broad Street and College Avenue in 1873. An educational building was added in 1952. The new sanctuary seen today was erected in 1967.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1911
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR128 St. Pauls Episcopal
description: St. Paul's Episcopal congregation was organized around 1867. The congregation moved a few times before erecting this sanctuary on Main Street in 1911 There have since been numerous acquisitions and additions to the facility.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1948
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR130 Bethel Methodist Episcopal
description: The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was started in 1870 and at the date of this card’s printing (1912), it stood on the corner of Water Street and Calhoun.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1916
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR131 Central Methodist
description: Known originally as the First Methodist Episcopal Church when organized in 1908, the congregation later was called Second Methodist (1939) and then Central Methodist (1954). The sanctuary shown here was consecrated on June 26, 1955.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR132 First Presbyterian
description: While termed “First” church here, the sanctuary is known as home to the Salem Presbyterian Church located on Main Street. Salem Presbyterian was organized in 1831 and dedicated this sanctuary in 1852. Additions were made in 1914 and 1958.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR133 College Lutheran
description: College Lutheran Church – This collage shows the various structures associated with College Lutheran. The congregation first met in the Roanoke College chapel (top left) from 1852 until 1858; then they built their first sanctuary (top right) which served them from 1858 until 1922. The present sanctuary (center) on College Avenue at Pennsylvania Avenue was completed in November 1922.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR134 Pentecostal Holiness
description: The congregation of Pentecostal Holiness Church was organized in 1915. Their present sanctuary, shown here, on North Bruffey Street was dedicated in April 1953.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR135 Methodist Episcopal South
description: This was the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church congregation from 1904 until 1953. It was located on the northeast corner of College and Clay Avenues.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR136 Homestead Hotel
description: The Homestead Hotel has a long history. Built by David Wade in 1802, it was formerly known as the Old Globe Tavern with five huge fireplaces and 27-inch thick walls. At the time this card was published, it was the only original stage coach tavern still open to the public on Route 11.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR137 Lake Spring
description: The purchaser of this card sent the following message to his brothers: “Your letter received this morning…Father is working for the Virginian R.R. at present…I expect to take an examination for a R.R. mail clerk sometime this fall.” His brothers lived in Baltimore, MD.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR144 Sherwood Burial Park
description: The Sherwood Burial Park, named for the old “Sherwood” estate that was near the property, was developed on a 35-acre tract in 1928 by C.B. Strickler.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR145 Glass Plant
description: In 1911, the Piedmont Glass Company purchased and resurrected the old glass plant. During the early years, the plant employed some 125 workers who produced glass bottles for a variety of uses. The plant was closed for two months each summer due to the extreme heat from molten glass. In 1914, the name was changed to the Salem Glass Company.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR146 J.J. Newberry
description: One of the more contemporary establishments was J.J. Newberry Company. The card boasts, “Completely air-conditioned on two large selling floors, approximately ¾ mile counter space carrying over 30,000 separate items of merchandise. A modern luncheonette unit serves refreshments, a quick snack or a complete meal.”
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR147 Hotel Fort Lewis
description: In 1927, Salem businessman Henry A. Oakey purchased the former Hotel Salem and changed its name to Hotel Fort Lewis. The structure was demolished in 1974 .
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR148 Post Office
description: The construction of a "new" Federal post office on Main Street was a saga of many years. Land purchased by the government in 1917 went undeveloped until 1922 when construction finally commenced. The post office officially opened in June of 1923.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1931
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR149 Pierponts Brick Works
description: Pierpont's Brick Works was owned and operated by Salem businessman George E. Pierpont. In 1908, Pierpont was named as one of the privileged few in Salem to own an automobile.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR150 Andrew Lewis Monument
description: One of the most notable citizens in the region’s early history was General Andrew Lewis. Though Lewis died before the town of Salem was officially plotted by James Simpson, his life was spent in its general vicinity. This monument was erected in East Hill Cemetery.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1912
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR152 Municipal Field
description: The land on which Municipal Field was located had originally been designed for use as an elementary school site. Further study, however, prompted Salem’s leaders to appreciate its use more for athletics. Thus, in the spring of 1932, Municipal Field was born. Professional baseball debuted there on May 20, 1939, when the Salem Wolves took the field against Lynchburg.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR153 Salem Filtration Plant
description: The filtration plant was an early element in Salem’s water supply infrastructure, but the water supply system itself dated to the 18th century. In 1874, the first concept for a water supply system was advanced to the town council, and in 1875 Salem citizens approved a bond to finance a reservoir and pipes. The original water rate at that time was $5 per year for five-member families and $1 per year for each hotel room, and $10 annually for bars.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR154 Salem Civic Center
description: Dedicated in 1967 and financed through the sale of bond proceeds, the Salem-Roanoke Valley Civic Center opened as a recreational and cultural center for Salem. Noted historian Norwood Middleton termed this as “the single most talked-about project in Salem’s history.” The arena was first used on September 25, 1967, for a meeting of the Virginia Education Association.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR155 Farmers National Bank
description: The Farmers National Bank was organized May 8, 1871, with capital of $75,000. Through the leadership of Salem’s prominent businessmen, the bank weathered successfully economic turbulence that put other banks under during the latter part of the 18th century.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR162 Bittle Library
description: Bittle Memorial Library was named for Roanoke College’s early president, Dr. David Bittle. Bittle led the college through its move to Salem and during the Civil War. Bittle was one of three Salem leaders who officially surrendered Salem to the Union forces under Gen. William Averell during his invasion of the Roanoke Valley in 1863.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1939
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR167 Roanoke College
description: Smith Hall, named for a past president of the college, was erected in 1941. Designed by the firm of Eubank and Caldwell in Roanoke, the structure (originally a residence hall for forty women) was built and equipped for a total cost of $50,174.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR168 Roanoke College
description: The gymnasium shown here was built in 1930 for a total cost of $138,354. The gym was but one component of a large master plan to expand the college’s facilities. Unfortunately, only the gymnasium was completed on time as the Depression stopped work at the college for a number of years.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1939
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR170 Roanoke College
description: The Class of 1933 contributed funds for the landscaping and drive that made the “High Street Gateway.” The entrance and subsequent drive were made necessary at the time by the large number of students possessing automobiles as well as increasing enrollment.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1948
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR174 Veterans Administration
description: The VA facility erected structures such as the nurses’ home to house medical staff. The first patients were admitted on April 23, 1935. Some of the patients, as a form of therapy, actually conducted farming operations on the grounds of the facility, engaging in raising hogs and cattle.
creator: Woodward Studio
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1940
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR179 Parkway Motel
description: The Parkway Motel was located on Route 220, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, three miles south of Roanoke. The card promoted the motel as having “room telephone, air conditioning, all tile baths, hot water heat, air foam mattresses.” The motel was razed in the late 1990s.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR180 Memphis Special
description: “Memphis Special” made its debut through the Roanoke Valley on June 20th, 1909, running between Memphis, Tennessee, and New York City. The Memphis Special remained for years a popular passenger train, being the fastest and most direct route to New York.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1911
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR183 Keister Home
description: Sanatoriums were popular at the turn of the last century in the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients. Often doctors or others in the healthcare profession would establish homes and other institutions with such a purpose. Tuberculosis often wiped out entire families in the city at the turn of the century.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR184 Scottie's Tavern
description: Scottie’s Tavern was three miles north of Roanoke on Route 11 and specialized in country ham, chicken and steak dinners. It even offered curb service. J.S. Scott was the manager.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950s
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR186 Martha Washington Candies
description: This interior view of the Martha Washington Candies store shows what the company considered its “Southern Factory.” Martha Washington Candies Roanoke franchise was started by W.G. Baldwin at 310 S. Jefferson Street in 1914. Mr. Baldwin was of the famed Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1916
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR187 Mountain Stroll
description: This view shows strollers atop Mill Mountain. The top of the mountain had park grounds and trails and was a popular destination with the incline and the watch tower.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

SR190 Bell Telephone
description: The Bell Telephone Company began service in Roanoke on May 19, 1884. In 1895, Bell Telephone introduced long-distance service. That year Roanokers could call Bedford, Lynchburg and Danville.
creator: unknown
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Nelson Harris, George Wade
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Postcard
type: Still Image

Patriot 1963
subject: Patrick Henry High School
description: The Patriot is the annual of Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1963
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

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 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

SHH001 Revlon Display
description: Window display for Revlon's Ultraviolet line of cosmetics at Heironimus.
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

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
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

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
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

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

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
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

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

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

SHH008 Tableware Displays
description: Displays of tableware at Heirnomimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

SHH009 Christmas Display
description: Christmas window display for children's art supplies at Heironimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

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
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

SHH011 Calexico Colorama
description: Floor displays at Heironimus for the Calexico Colorama clothing line.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

SHH012 Luxembourg Display
description: Window display at Heironimus promoting war bonds, featuring Luxembourg.
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

SHH013 Children's Department
description: A view inside the children's department at Heironimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

SHH014 Redwood Display
description: Window display at Heironimus promoting products made from California redwoods.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

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
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

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

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

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

SHH021 Fabric Department
description: View of the fabric department of Heironimus.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

SHH022 Housewares
description: View of the housewares department of Heironimus decorated with a fairy tale motif.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

SHH023 Heironimus
description: Exterior of Heironimus decorated for Christmas.
creator: Gilbert Studio
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

SHH024 Heironimus Shoppers
description: Throngs of Christmas shoppers at Heironimus.
creator: unknown
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

SHH025 Parade Spectators
description: A crowd gathers in front of Heironimus on Campbell Avenue to watch the Roanoke Christmas parade.
creator: Gilbert Studio
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

SHH026 Children's Department
description: The children's department at Heironimus decorated for Christmas.
creator: Commercial Photographic Service
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

Patriot 1964
description: The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1964
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

Patriot 1965
description: The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1965
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

Patriot 1966
description: The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1966
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

Patriot 1967
description: The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1967
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

Patriot 1968
description: The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1968
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

The Roanoke Diamond Jubilee: A Souvenir Program and History, Celebrating Seventy-Five Years of Progress, June 14-23, 1957
description: The Roanoke Diamond Jubilee Celebration consisted of a number of special events commemorating the City of Roanoke's 75th Anniversary. This souvenir program includes the schedule of events, lists of participants, historical information, including historic photographs, and advertisements for local businesses.
creator: Roanoke Diamond Jubilee, Inc.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
format: Pamphlet
type: Text

Patriot 1969
description: The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
creator: Patrick Henry High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1969
contributor: Amanda Hensley
format: yearbook
type: Text

YMCA 001
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Loudon Avenue Christian Church
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 002
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Lucy Addison High School Band at Victory Stadium.
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 003
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 004
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 005
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
identifier: YMCA 005
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 006
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Parade to Loudon Avenue Christian Church
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 007
description: William A. Hunton YMCA
creator: YMCA Express of Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 008
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 009
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 010
description: William A. Hunton YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 011
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Lucy Addison High School Football game at Victory Stadium.
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 012
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 013
description: William A. Huntun Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 014
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 015
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "With complements of your President, M. H. Means."
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 16
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Boys playing table tennis.
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 017
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 018
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express of Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 019
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 020
description: William A. Hunton YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 021
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "Father and Son Banquet, October 30, 1958."
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 October 1958
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 022
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Harrison Hale on right
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 023
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 024
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "'56 Father and Son Banquet."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1956
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 025
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "Father and Son Banquet."
creator: YMCA Express of Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 026
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: " Father and Son Banquet, November 19, 1957, Star City Auditorium, 6:30 pm."
creator: YMCA Express of Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 19 November 1957
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 027
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Dr. Harry Penn on right
creator: Photographer: Reeves Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 8 May 1953
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 028
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 029
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 030
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "'56 Father and Son Banquet."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1956
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 031
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "Founders Day."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 032
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "1969 Annual Meeting."
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1969
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 033
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Father and Son Banquet
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 034
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of Photograph: "Father and Son Annual Banquet."
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 035
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Dr. Harry Penn, center, holding glass.
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 036
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA African American Baseball Team
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 037
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 038
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 039
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 40
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 041
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 042
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Reeves Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 043
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Father and Son Banquet." Moorman Heller on left.
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 044
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 045
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Father and Son Banquet 1968."
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1968
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 046
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Gordon Williams on right.
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 047
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Football Banquet 1957"
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 048
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Father and Son Banquet, Look Almost Alike, 1957."
creator: Photographer: Bob Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 049
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 050
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Davis Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 051
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Star City Auditorium."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express of Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1956
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 052
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA At podium: Shirley Stuart
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Library
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 053
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 054
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 29 May 1956
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 055
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 056
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 057
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 058
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "YMCA Miss Harvey Concert 1952."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1952
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 059
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Group photograph in front of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 060
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "YMCA Membership Campaign 1953."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1953
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 061
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Education Committee Presentation 1953."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1953
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 062
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 063
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 064
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 065
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: YMCA Express of Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 066
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 067
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 068
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "1956 Banquet, Father and Son."
creator: Photographer: Clark Studio
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1956
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 069
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "1957 Football Banquet."
creator: Photographer: Sonny Hale Photography
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Gainsboro Branch Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 070
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Back of photograph: "Leo B. Marsh"
creator: Photographer: Black Stone Studios, NY
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1963
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 071
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Noel C. Taylor, at podium. Back of photograph: "Golden Anniversary, High Street Baptist Church."
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 19 March 1978
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

YMCA 072
description: William A. Hunton Branch YMCA Dr. Harry T. Penn, third from left.
creator: YMCA Express at Gainsboro
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
coverage: Gainsboro

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 1
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1897
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 2
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: October 1897
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 3
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: November 1897
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 4
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: December 1897
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 5
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: January 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 6
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: February 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 7
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: March 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 8
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 9
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: May 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 10
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: June 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 11
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: July 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 1, Issue 12
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: August 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 1
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: September 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 2
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: October 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 3
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: November 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 4
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: December 1898
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 5
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: January 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 6
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: February 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 7
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: March 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 8
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 9
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: May 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 10
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: June 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 11
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: July 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

The Virginia Philatelist, Volume 2, Issue 12
creator: Virginia Philatelic Publishing Company
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: August 1899
format: periodical
type: Text

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Virginia Mignon Chubb-Hale
subject: Oaklands
description: Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Virginia Mignon Chubb-Hale Interviewer: Kerri Taylor Date: 10 November 2017 Location: Gainsboro Branch Library Duration: 8:43
creator: Kerri Taylor
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 10 November 2017
contributor: Virginia Mignon Chubb-Hale; Kerri Taylor
rights: All rights reserved.
format: mp3
type: Sound

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Stephen Niamke
subject: Oaklands
description: Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Stephen Niamke Interviewer: Kerri Taylor Date: 19 April 2017 Location: Melrose-Rugby Center Duration: 54:18
creator: Kerri Taylor
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 19 April 2017
contributor: Stephen Niamke; Kerri Taylor
rights: All rights reserved.
format: mp3
type: Sound

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with English Showalter
subject: Oaklands
description: Neighborhood Oral History Interview with English Showalter Interviewer: Kerri Taylor Date: 13 May 2017 Location: Mr. Showalter's residence in Chevy Chase, Maryland Duration: 1:05:26
creator: Kerri Taylor
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May 2017
contributor: English Showalter; Kerri Taylor
rights: All rights reserved.
format: mp3
type: Sound

Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Ann Turner
subject: Oaklands
description: Neighborhood Oral History Interview with Ann Turner Interviewer: Kerri Taylor Date: 6 April 2017 Location: Ms. Taylor's residence Duration: 45:26
creator: Kerri Taylor
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 6 April 2017
contributor: Ann Turner; Kerri Taylor
rights: All rights reserved.
format: mp3
type: Sound

Roanoke Times Obituary Index: 1955-1959
description: An index of obituaries from the Roanoke Times for the years 1955-1959.
creator: Roanoke Public Libraries
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1955-1959
contributor: Becky Harris and Judy Pruett
format: pdf
type: Text

Roanoke Times Obituary Index: 1960-1965
description: An index of Roanoke Times obituaries for the years 1960-1965.
creator: Roanoke Public Libraries
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960-1965
contributor: Becky Harris & Judy Pruett
format: pdf
type: Text

Brigadier 1972
subject: James Breckinridge Junior High School
description: The Brigadier is the annual of James Breckinridge Junior High School.
creator: James Breckinridge Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1972
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Brigadier 1973
subject: James Breckinridge Junior High School
description: The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.
creator: James Breckinridge Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1973
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Brigadier 1976
subject: James Breckinridge Junior High School
description: The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.
creator: James Breckinridge Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1976
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Brigadier 1977
subject: James Breckinridge Junior High School
description: The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.
creator: James Breckinridge Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1977
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Brigadier 1978
subject: James Breckinridge Junior High School
description: The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.
creator: James Breckinridge Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1978
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1971
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1971
format: Yearbook
type: Text

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matador 1973
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1973
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1975
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1975
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1978
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1978
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1979
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1979
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1980
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1980
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1981
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1981
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1982
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1982
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1983
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1983
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1984
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1984
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1985
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1985
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Matador 1986
subject: James Madison Middle School
description: The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
creator: James Madison Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1986
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1950
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1950
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1951
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1951
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1952
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1952
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1953
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1953
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1955
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1955
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1956
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1956
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1957
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1957
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1958
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1958
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1960
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1960
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1961
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1962
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1962
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1963
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1963
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1964
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1964
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1965
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1965
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1966
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1966
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1967
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1967
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text
identifier: Cardinal 1967

Cardinal 1968
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1968
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1969
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1969
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1971
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1971
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1972
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1972
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1973
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1973
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Cardinal 1970
subject: James Monroe Junior High School
description: The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.
creator: James Monroe Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970
contributor: Antonio Perry; Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1973-1974
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1973-1974
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1974-1975
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1974-1975
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1975-1976
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1975-1976
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1976-1977
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1976-1977
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1977-1978
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1977-1978
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1978-1979
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1978-1979
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1979-1980
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1979-1980
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1980-1981
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1980-1981
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1981-1982
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1981-1982
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1982-1983
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1982-1983
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1984
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1984
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1985
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1985
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Presidents 1986
subject: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
description: The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School.
creator: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1986
contributor: Tanesha Walker
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Oral History Interview with Anonymous1
description: Oral History Interview with Anonymous1 Interviewers: Roanoke College students Date: 24 February 2017 Location: Downtown Roanoke Duration: 52:17
creator: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 24 February 2017
format: mp3
type: Sound

Stonewall 1953
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1953
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1969
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1969
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1970
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1971
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1971
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1972
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1972
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1973
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1973
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1974
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1974
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1975
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1975
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1976
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1976
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1977
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1977
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1988
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1988
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1989
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1989
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1991
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1991
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Stonewall 1995
subject: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
description: The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
creator: Stonewall Jackson Middle School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1995
contributor: Antonio Perry
format: Yearbook
type: Text