Virginia Room Digital Collection

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

Browse Items (20 total)

J.E. Blackwell Grocery, formerly located at 4 Market Square.

Farmer in wagon pulled by oxen on Market Street.

Th Dog Mouth Fountain stands on the northwest corner of Salem Avenue and Market Street. Legend has it that those who drink from the fountain will always return to Roanoke.

Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.

Vendor stalls along Market Street on the City Market.

Looking north on Market Street toward the Market Building.

Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.

Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.

Shoppers peruse the vendor stalls on the City Market.

An unidentifed woman shops for flowers at the City Market.

Wholesaling operations on Kirk Avenue as seen from Market Street.

Looking north on Market Street toward Market Square.

Looking north on Market Street.

Kroger, formerly located at 307 Market Street SE in the Wigmore Building.

A view of E. Main Street from the Market Street intersection in Downtown Salem.

Looking north on Market Street.

Sketch of the Dog Mouth Fountain. The fountain was acquired by the city in 1898. It stands at the corner of Salem Avenue and Market Street.

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