Davis 28.34 Virginia Heights Lutheran
description: Virginia Heights Lutheran Church was the predecessor of Christ Lutheran Church. This chapel was located at what is now 1320 Grandon Road. Built in 1917, the chapel was in use by the congregation until 1948.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 21.22 First Baptist Gainsboro
description: First Baptist Church was located at 407 N. Jefferson Street. Built between 1898 and 1900, it was used by the congregation until a new sanctuary was built in 1982. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The building was destroyed by fire in April 1995.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.5 Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
description: The old Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, formerly located at the corner of Patton Avenue (once 5th Avenue) and 3rd Street NW. The stained glass window is the Jackson Window, installed in 1905 by Rev. L.L. Downing, the pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He had this window installed because Thomas J. Jackson taught the Reverend Downing’s parents to read and write and instructed them in the ways of the Presbyterian Church. Though this structure burned in the 1950s, the window was unharmed and was installed in the new Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church located at 301 Patton Avenue NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 21.7 High Street Baptist
description: High Street Baptist Church, formerly located at 23-25 Centre Avenue NW. The congregation built a new sanctuary at 2302 Florida Avenue NW in 1971. This building was razed in 1974.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 21.8 Melrose Baptist
description: Melrose Baptist Church, formerly located at 1130 Melrose Avenue NW. The building is now used by Holiness Tabernacle Church of God in Christ.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 21.531 Jefferson Street Baptist
description: Jefferson Street Baptist Church, formerly located at the corner of Jefferson Street and Wells Avenue NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 1.31 Walnut and Jefferson
description: Corner store formerly located at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Jefferson Street. Walnut Avenue Meat Market, Hutson's Grocery and the American Cafe were among its tenants. The Bridge Inn is just visible at left.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1938
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 1.32 Carlton Terrace
description: Carlton Terrace apartment building, formerly located in the 900 block of Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 5 November 1951
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 1.321 Carlton Terrace
description: Looking north on Jefferson Street in the 900 block, Carlton Terrace is on the right.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 5 November 1951
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 1.322 Carlton Terrace
description: Entrance of Carlton Terrace, formerly located in the 900 block of Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 5 November 1951
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 1.81 Tinker Creek
description: Looking east on Orange Avenue NE at Tinker Creek.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image
description: Looking east on Orange Avenue at Tinker Creek.

Davis 48.6233 Garland's Drugstore
description: Interior view of Garland's Drugstore, formerly located at 1327 Grandin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 March 1953
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 48.712 Archie's Lobster House
description: Archie’s Lobster House, formerly located at Williamson Road and Peters Creek Road, was Roanoke’s first seafood restaurant when it opened in 1947. Until 1978, it was operated by Archie Parrish. It was razed in 1981.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 56 Rev. James and Parishioners-2
description: Reverend A.L. James (fourth from right) of First Baptist Church and parishioners.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 10 August 1947
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 48.6232 Garland's Drugstore
description: Soda fountain inside Garland's Drugstore, formerly located at 1327 Grandin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 March 1953
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 46.334 Bower Esso
description: Bower Esso Station, formerly located at 101 Commonwealth Avenue NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 46.333 Vance's Esso
description: Vance's Esso Station, formerly located at 108 Commonwealth Avenue NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 18 January 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 46.321 Peters Creek Esso
description: Peters Creek Esso Station, formerly located at 2700 Peters Creek Road NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 46.811 Larry Dow Pontiac
description: Larry Dow Pontiac, formerly located at 425 Marshall Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 7 January 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 46.81 Larry Dow Pontiac
description: Used cars on the lot of Larry Dow Pontiac, formerly located at 425 Marshall Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 7 January 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 45.311 Strietmann Biscuit
description: Strietmann Biscuit Company, formerly located at 1600 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 20 July 1951
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 68.91 Philpott Dam
description: Philpott Dam on the Smith River.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1952
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 68.9 Philpott Dam
description: The Philpott Dam on the Smith River during construction.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1951
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 44.714 Kroger
description: Kroger, formerly located at 1319 Grandin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 September 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 44.713 Kroger
description: Kroger, formerly located at 307 Market Street SE in the Wigmore Building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 September 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 22.95 Mt. Zion AME
description: Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly located on Gainsboro Road near Rutherford Avenue NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Images

Davis 22.45 Pilgrim Holiness
description: Pilgrim Holiness Church, formerly located at 599 19th Street NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 22.97 St. John's AME Zion
description: Originally Bethany Presbyterian Church, the building was later used by First Methodist Episcopal Church before becoming St. John's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, formerly located on Gilmer Avenue near Commonwealth Avenue NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 24.2 Christ Episcopal
description: Christ Episcopal Church choir stands next to the church, located at 1101 Franklin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 24.215 Christ Episcopal
description: Mural behind the pulpit of Christ Episcopal Church, located at 1101 Franklin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 24.18 St. John's Parish
description: St. John's Episcopal Church Parish House, located at the corner of Elm Avenue and Jefferson Street. The church was constructed in 1892. The Parish House was constructed in 1922. It was remodeled in 1957; stone replaced the brick facade seen in this photo.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1922
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.611 West End Presbyterian
description: West End Presbyterian Church, located at 1200 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.61 West End Presbyterian
description: West End Presbyterian Church, located at 1200 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.52 Second Presbyterian
description: Second Presbyterian Church, located at 214 Mountain Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.51 Second Presbyterian
description: Second Presbyterian Church, located at 214 Mountain Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.41 First Presbyterian
description: First Presbyterian Church located at 2101 Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.34 Belmont Presbyterian
description: Belmont Presbyterian Church located at 1005 9th Street Southeast.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.31 Belmont Presbyterian
description: Belmont Presbyterian Church located at 1005 9th Street Southeast.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 23.216 Raleigh Court Presbyterian
description: Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, located at 1837 Grandin Road.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 11.73 Oakland Elementary
description: Oakland Elementary School, formerly located at 3229 Williamson Road NW. Oakland is now the Noel C. Taylor Learning Academy at Oakland.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 19.821 English Gardens
description: English Gardens apartment complex at the corner of Memorial Avenue and Fauquier Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 9 January 1952
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 4.41 FNEB Sign
description: First National Exchange Bank billboard on Grandin Road near the intersection with Bluemont Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 2.1313 Barr Brothers
description: Barr Brothers Jewelers, formerly located at 4 Campell Avenue SE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 2.121 Jefferson and Franklin
description: View of the building on the corner of Jefferson Street and Franklin Road. Among the businesses occupying this area were the Jefferson Street Pharmacy, Morgan's Restaurant, Katheryne Marechal Beauty Salon, John Norman Tayloring and the Park Theatre.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 49.22 Roanoke-Salem Plaza
description: Roanoke-Salem Plaza, formerly located at 4600 Melrose Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1962
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 48.621 Garland's Drugstore
description: Garland's Drugstore, formerly located at 1327 Grandin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1953
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 44.7141 Kroger
description: Kroger, formerly located at 1319 Grandin Road SW, now Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 44.7144 Kroger
description: Kroger, formerly located at 1502 Williamson Road NE next to Sears Town.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 49.412 Sears
description: Sears Town, formerly located at 1502 Williamson Road NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 49.41 Sears
description: Sears Town, formerly located at 1502 Williamson Road NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 49.4 Sears
description: Construction nears completion on Sears Town, formerly located at 1502 Williamson Road NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1958
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 46.516 B.F. Goodrich
description: B.F. Goodrich Home and Auto, formerly located at 3520 Williamson Road NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 44.13 Caldwell-Sites Company
description: Caldwell-Sites Company Booksellers, formerly located at 105 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 43.51 Williamson Building
description: The Williamson Building was located at the corner of Church Avenue and Jefferson Street. The address of Graves-Humphreys Hardware was 311 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 5.21 Aerial of RMH
description: Aerial view of Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 2.13 Campbell and Jefferson
description: The Rosenberg Building, formerly located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street, was once the home of the Joy Shop, Barr Brothers Jewelers and Oak Hall Clothing.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 2.133 Hardy Shoes
description: Hardy Shoes for Men and Boys, formerly located at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 11.28 Back Creek School
description: The original Back Creek School, located just off of Route 221, was used until the current Back Creek Elementary was constructed in 1937.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 18 June 1936
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis2 48.34 Tom's Potato Chips
description: Tom's Potato Chips and Farm Credit Association, formerly located on the corner of Sycamore Avenue and Williamson Road NE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1955
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

Davis 14.9 Coyner Springs
description: Front view of center section, showing entrance and offices on lower floor and nurses' quarters on second floor of Coyner Springs Sanatorium.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.91 Coyner Springs
description: View of front of Coyner Springs Sanatorium, built in 1939 as a tuberculosis sanatorium on the former grounds of Coyner Springs Resort.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.92 Coyner Springs
description: Side view of Coyner Springs Sanatorium showing courtyard and "colored" entrance.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.93 Coyner Springs
description: Rear view of Coyner Springs Sanatorium.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.94 Coyner Springs
description: View of main corridor on lower floor of Coyner Springs Sanatorium.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.95 Coyner Springs
description: A partial view of one of the wards in Coyner Springs Sanatorium.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1949
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 31.6 Gale House
description: Home of Dr. Joseph Gale, formerly located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 30.2 2501 Inglewood Road
description: Home located at 2501 Inglewood Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

RREC8 Roanoke Country Club
description: Golfers teeing off at Roanoke Country Club.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

RREC18 Roanoke Railway & Electric
description: Roanoke Railway & Electric Company Walnut Avenue Steam Plant. In front of the plant is the old streetcar barn
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 1.14 Mill Mountain
description: Looking southeast toward Mill Mountain from just across Day Avenue between 1st Street and Jefferson Street. The large multi-story building left of center was Jefferson Apartments. Nearly all of the buildings seen in the foreground have been razed.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 16.9 Shenandoah Hotel
description: The Shenandoah Hotel opened on 5 November 1909. Originally consisting of two buildings, separated by an 8-foot alley, the Salem Avenue facing building seen here would later become the Hotel Lee followed by the Hotel Earle. The building was destroyed by fire in August 1991 and later razed.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 2.27 Professional Arts Building
description: Constructed in 1929, the Professional Arts Building, formerly known as the Medical Arts Building, is located at 30 Franklin Road.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 2.28 Boxley Building
description: Still under construction in this photograph, the Boxley Building was built by W.W. Boxley, then mayor of Roanoke. The building is located at 416 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1922
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 2.163 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking east on Campbell Avenue near the Jefferson Street intersection. On the right is the First National Exchange Bank; visible on the left are Hanover Shoes, Virginia Dare Dresses and United Cigars.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 12.4 Commonwealth Building
description: Originally constructed as the United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse in 1932, the Commonwealth Building is located at 220 Church Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 13.14 Roanoke County Courthouse
description: The old Roanoke County Courthouse, located at 301 E. Main Street in Salem was completed in 1910. Offices moved to a new building in 1985. The building is now owned by Roanoke College.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.12 Burrell Memorial Hospital
description: Roanoke's first African-American hospital, Burrell Memorial, was founded in 1915 in a small cottage on Henry Street. It soon outgrew the Henry Street location and moved into the former Alleghany Institute, a school for boys located at 611 McDowell Avenue, in 1921. By the early 1950s, Burrell Memorial had outgrown this building and a new hospital was constructed in 1955 on the same site.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 14.22 Shenandoah Hospital
description: Shenandoah Hospital, formerly located at 712 Campbell Avenue. Built in 1912, the 65-bed hospital closed in 1974. The building was razed in 1976.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 19.01 Victory Stadium
description: Victory Stadium opened in 1942. It would host many events in its 6 decade existence, including the annual Thanksgiving Day Harvest Bowl football game between Virginia Tech and Virginia Military Institute. The stadium was razed in 2006.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 19.141 YWCA
description: The Young Women's Christian Association formed a Roanoke chapter in 1914. This building was built around 1930 at the 605 1st Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1932
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 22.22 Greene Memorial UMC
description: Greene Memorial United Methodist Church, located at 402 2nd Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 24.02 St. Johns Episcopal
description: St. John's Episcopal Church, located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Elm Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 25.313 Our Lady of Nazareth
description: Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church. Formerly located at 820 Campbell Avenue, this structure was the first church, completed in 1926. It was used by the church until 1978 when the current structure was completed on Electric Road. The structure in this photo is now used by Roanoke Area Ministries.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 43.214 N&W General Offices
description: The former general office building of Norfolk and Western, located at 108 N. Jefferson Street, now houses the Roanoke Higher Education Center.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 43.301 First National Exchange Bank
description: The First National Exchange Bank building was built in 1912. Located at 204 Jefferson Street, it has been in continuous operation as a bank for over a century.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 45.237 Sunlight Bakery
description: The Roanoke Sunlight Bakery was located at 501 Salem Avenue. The building was also used by Kroger Bakery. It is now used as a warehouse.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 47.312 Roanoke City Mills
description: Roanoke City Mills, formerly located at 1750 Jefferson Street. The mill was raised in 2009.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 61.01 N&W Passenger Station
description: The Norfolk & Western Passenger Station was built in 1907. It is now home to the O. Winston Link Museum and History Museum of Western Virginia.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

Davis 66.301 Memorial Bridge
description: Crossing into Raleigh Court, the Memorial Bridge was dedicated on 30 August 1926. It was named to honor World War I veterans.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Courtesy of Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital Photograph
type: Still Image

LDW1 Loebl, Josef
description: Josef Loebl stands next to a Vorclone drying tumbler in Loebl Dye Works, formerly located at 350 Salem Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Tina Loebl and Mary Bishop
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

LDW2 Loebl Dye Works
description: Left to Right: Josef Loebl, Robert Loebl, Julia Loebl, _____, and Roy Hargraves in front of Loebl Dye Works, formerly on Salem Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Tina Loebl and Mary Bishop
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

LDW3 Dyeing Vats
description: Left to right: Roy Hargraves, Josef Loebl and Robert Loebl in a dyeing room of Loebl Dye Works, formerly located on Salem Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Tina Loebl and Mary Bishop
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

LDW16 Package
description: This package illustrates just how well known Loebl Dye Works was, not just locally, but globally. This was sent from a dry cleaner in New Zealand for dye work. Among other clients of Loebl were the White House, the Greenbrier, New York designers and Burlington Mills.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1931
contributor: Tina Loebl and Mary Bishop
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HNWR189
description: This photograph of a bygone era shows a racehorse car with an auction occurring on the platform car. Taken by George Davis of Roanoke, it hints at the possible location of the auction. There were several racehorse tracks in the Roanoke Valley at the time.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital tiff
type: Still Image

HNWR191
description: Engine No. 550 is a later example of the steam locomotive used by N&W. The crew poses for a picture in Roanoke.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
source: Images of Rail: Norfolk and Western Railway by Nelson Harris
date: Circa 1918
contributor: Nelson Harris; Virginia Museum of Transportation
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Digital tiff
type: Still Image

FE001 First Auto
description: Roanoke's first automobile parked in front of a bicycle shop at 109-111 Church Avenue SW. The first auto was believed to have been owned by T.T. Fishburn. In two years, in 1906, this building would become Roanoke Automobile Company selling Rambler Motorcars.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1904
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
relation: FE006
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE00 GW Sisler
description: G.W. Sisler Funeral Home, formerly located at 23 First (Salem) Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1890
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE003 Grand Piano
description: Grand Piano Furniture was located at 312 2nd Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE005 Carolina Cotton Mills
description: Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills, formerly located at 505 6th Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE006 JE Bernards
description: J.E. Bernard's Machine Shop, formerly located at 109-111 Church Avenue SW. Roanoke Automobile Company is located next door, specializing in the sale of Ramblers.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1906
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE007 Armistice Day Parade
description: A contingent of veterans march in the Armistice Day Parade on Campbell Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 11 November 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE009 Union Lunch
description: Union Lunch, formerly located in the area where the Market Building is today.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE010 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking east on Campbell Avenue toward the Market Building from the roof of the Colonial American National Bank building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE011 McGuire Building
description: The McGuire Building, located at 1 Market Square, was built in 1914 and housed W. E. McGuire’s Farmers’ Supply Co. that sold buggies, wagons, fertilizer, seed, and other farm-related equipment and supplies.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE012 Alleghany Institute Students
description: Group portrait of Alleghany Institute students. Individuals unidentifed.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE013 McGuire Building
description: The McGuire Building, located at 1 Market Square, was built in 1914 and housed W. E. McGuire’s Farmers’ Supply Co. that sold buggies, wagons, fertilizer, seed, and other farm-related equipment and supplies. Tenants in this photo include A&P Supermarket, Travis and Kelly Fish Market, Folden's Star Market Meats and Produce, and the Roanoke Weiner Stand.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE014 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking west on Campbell Avenue. The Rialto Theatre is visible at left.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1938
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE015 Municipal Building
description: The Municipal Building from 2nd Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1922
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE017 Mountain Trust
description: Mountain Trust Bank was located in the Strickland Building at 302 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE019 Lakeside
description: Lakeside Amusement Park was built in 1920 on Mason's Creek. The "lake" seen here was the area's first public swimming pool, complete with sand beach. Also visible is the "Thriller" roller coaster and the bumper car pavilion.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1922
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE022 Church and Jefferson
description: Intersection showing the Williamson Building on the northwest corner of Church Avenue and Jefferson Street. At the time of this photo, the building housed T.L. Deyerle Company. It would later be home to the Sportsman. The building was razed in 1977.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE023 Big Lick Hotel
description: Formerly located on the southwest corner of Williamson Road and Salem Avenue, the Big Lick Hotel would go through several iterations, including a portion of the Shenandoah Hotel, the Lee Hotel and Hotel Earle. The building was gutted by fire in 1991 and razed in 1995.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE024 Jefferson Street
description: Looking south on Jefferson Street. American Theatre on right.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1931
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE027 Title Guarantee
description: Title Guarantee Trust and Savings Bank, formerly located at 34 Church Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE028 Fire Ladder
description: Firemen pose on a ladder pulled by horses. The building in the background was on the corner of 1st Street and Church Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1894
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE029 Fire Station #1
description: Fire Station No. 1, located at 13 Church Avenue SE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1957
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE032 Post Office
description: Roanoke's second federally funded post office was constructed on the same site as the first, the corner of Church Avenue and 1st Street. It was built in 1914 and replaced in 1933.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE033 Big Lick Livery
description: In 1898, the Big Lick Livery Stable stood on Henry Street (1st Street SW) just north of Roanoke's first federally funded post office (located on the NE corner of Henry (1st) Street and Church Avenue) which can be seen in the background. In 1890 this stable was the Horton and Roberts Livery Stable.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1898
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE034 Horton Livery
description: Horton and Roberts Livery Stable stood on Henry Street (now 1st Street SW) just north of the northeast corner of Henry Street and Church Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April 1890
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE036 Hotel Roanoke
description: Hotel Roanoke
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE037 Jefferson Street
description: Looking north on Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE038 Mill Mountain Incline
description: Mill Mountain Incline.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1912
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE041 Almshouse
description: The Almshouse or "poor house" was built in 1925. The building is now part of Virginia Western Community College.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1926
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE044 Civil War Veterans
description: Civil War veterans reunion at Hotel Roanoke.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 19 January 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE045 Elmwood Pond
description: The pond once in Elmwood Park.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE046 Patrick Henry Lobby
description: Interior view of the Patrick Henry Hotel lobby.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE047 Market Building
description: Roanoke's first Market Building. Built in 1886, it was replaced by the current Market Building in 1922.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE048 FNEB
description: The First National Exchange Bank building is located at 201 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE049 1st Street
description: Looking north on 1st Street from Church Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1932
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE050 Patrick Henry Hotel
description: Patrick Henry Hotel
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1938
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE052 Mill Mountain
description: A view of Mill Mountain. Roanoke Hospital, the Mill Mountain Incline, and the observation tower are all visible.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE054 Dog Mouth Fountain
description: 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.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE055 Lewis-Gale
description: Lewis-Gale Hospital was built in 1909 as a partnership between Dr. Sparrell Gale and Dr. J.N. Lewis. The original hospital stood at the northwest corner of 3rd Street and Luck Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE056 Downtown Roanoke
description: Looking north on Jefferson Street from the Colonial National Bank building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE057 1st Street
description: Looking north on 1st Street from Church Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE058 Campbell Avenue
description: Crowds gather along Campbell Avenue to watch the Armistice Day Parade.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 11 November 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE061 UCT Carnival
description: Spectators watch the highwire act, part of the Order of United Commercial Travelers of American carnival.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1900
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE062 Natural Bridge Hotel
description: The original Natural Bridge Hotel. The hotel burned in 1963 and was replaced by the current hotel in 1964.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE064 View from Mill Mountain
description: A view of Roanoke from Mill Mountain with the Riverland neighborhood in the foreground.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE065 WDBJ
description: WDBJ station at its third location on the corner of Colonial Avenue and Brandon Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1961
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE066 Observation Tower
description: The second observation tower once atop Mill Mountain. The first observation tower was destroyed in a wind storm in 1914. This tower replaced it until 1936, when it was destroyed by fire. George Davis at left.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE068 Greene Memorial
description: Greene Memorial United Methodist Church at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd Street. In this photograph, a crowd is gathered to watch as the new La France Fire Engine was hauled to the corner to see if it could throw water as high as the steeple on Greene Memorial.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: December 1905
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE069 Ponce de Leon Hotel
description: The original Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW. The elegant verandas are gone by the time this photograph was taken. In December 1930, the building was totally destroyed by fire, killing one resident and injuring others. It was replaced with the current structure, known as the Crystal Tower, shortly thereafter.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE071 Ponce de Leon Hotel
description: The second Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1932
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE072 Jefferson Hospital
description: Jefferson Hospital, founded in 1907 by Dr. Hugh Trout, was the predecessor of Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital. Formerly located at 1313 Franklin Road SW, the hospital closed in 1967 and was later razed. The two-story porches no longer exist after one of several renovations to the hospital.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE073 Jefferson High School
description: Jefferson High School
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE075 Alleghany Institute Students
description: Group portrait of students and faculty of the Alleghany Institute. Front row, left ot right: Ott Coleman, Jack Airheart, William ?; back row, left to right: B.S. Brooke, Eugene Turner, Ernest B. Fishburn, Billy Malone, D. Thomas Taylor, Romeo Speams, William Donaldson.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1887-1888
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE077 City Market
description: A bustling Market Square.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1892
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE079 RHS Gymnasts
description: Roanoke High School gymnasts. Caption reads, "Winners Intermediate Gym Contest, '07-'08".
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907-1908
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE080 Poages Mill
description: Close-up view of Poage's Mill waterwheel on Back Creek.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE081 Carvins Cove
description: Waterfall at Carvins Cove.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE082 Almshouse
description: The Almshouse or "poor house" was built in 1925. The building is now part of Virginia Western Community College.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE083 Natural Bridge Hotel
description: The original Natural Bridge Hotel. The hotel burned in 1963 and was replaced by the current hotel in 1964.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE084 Muse Family
description: Calvin and Harriet Muse stand with their sons, George and Willie, after the family is reunited in 1927. George and Willie's story is detailed in 'Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest' by Beth Macy.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE085 Webster Brick
description: Webster Brick Company (now General Shale), located at 2351 Webster Road.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE086 Old 97
description: The wreck of the "Old 97" was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train, officially known as the Fast Mail, while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, on September 27, 1903. Due to excessive speed in an attempt to maintain schedule, the train derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, where it careened off the side of the bridge, killing eleven on-board personnel and injuring seven others.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 28 September 1903
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE088 Machine Works Band
description: Led by the Roanoke Machine Works band, the funeral procession of William Nolty winds slowly past "Brick Row" on E. Campbell Avenue. "Brick Row" was built as a low-rent housing area for mostly less skilled workers at Roanoke Machine Works. The buildings were demolished in 1918.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1896
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE089 Old 97
description: The wreck of the "Old 97" was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train, officially known as the Fast Mail, while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, on September 27, 1903. Due to excessive speed in an attempt to maintain schedule, the train derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, where it careened off the side of the bridge, killing eleven on-board personnel and injuring seven others.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 28 September 1903
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE090 Red Mens Band
description: Hiawatha Tribe Number 66, Red Men's Band at Hotel Roanoke.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 11 February 1898
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE091 Roanoke Country Club
description: Golf Course at Roanoke Country Club.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE092 Neal Tavern
description: Armistead Neal tavern and boarding house was located on Shenandoah Avenue. For many years, it served the town of Big Lick as a hotel.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE093 Mill Mountain
description: A view of Mill Mountain. Building in foreground was the Adams, Payne, Gleaves, Livery Stable No. 2. Abandoned by the time of this photograph, it is used to promote the purchase of war bonds.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE094 Old 97
description: The wreck of the "Old 97" was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train, officially known as the Fast Mail, while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, on September 27, 1903. Due to excessive speed in an attempt to maintain schedule, the train derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia, where it careened off the side of the bridge, killing eleven on-board personnel and injuring seven others.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 28 September 1903
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE098 Pythian Castle
description: Groundbreaking for Pythian Castle Hall, Osceola Lodge No. 47 on Franklin Road. Shown are George Davis, Stuart A. Barbour, Frank N. Smith, and Charles D. Keffer.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE103 Natural Tunnel
description: Natural Tunnel in Scott County. The massive naturally formed cave is so large, it is used as a railroad tunnel.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE107 Roanoke Bankers
description: Group portrait of Roanoke bankers in front of the Terry Building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1896
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE109 Spanish-American Vets
description: Spanish-American War United States Veterans, Company G, 2nd Virginia Volunteers, Dewey Mess. Pictured are : H.H. Zink, E.M. Carr, Pat Sullivan, A.T. Day, F.M. Moore, C.W. Rolen, J.T. Donnelly, G.D. Black, J.L. Bonavita, G.W. Misel, R.L. Tremain, T.W. Trent, D.P. Bowman, "Sargeant Billy", C.P. Goggin, W.C. Cooper, and K.M. Zink.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1900
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE111 Hancock-Clay
description: In the Coulter Building, the Hancock-Clay Company opened a department store in 1926. This interior view shows some of the dry goods and notions sold by Hancock-Clay. The firm became bankrupt in the early 1930s.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1926
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE112 First Presbyterian
description: First Presbyterian Church, located at 2101 Jefferson Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE116 Roanoke Country Club
description: Roanoke Country Club, located at 3360 Old Country Club Road NW, shortly after completion of the clubhouse.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE117 Salvation Army Hotel
description: Salvation Army Hotel, formerly located at 201 2nd Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: December 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE120 N&W General Offices
description: Norfolk & Western General Offices, located at 8 N. Jefferson Street, replaced the old General Offices after they were destroyed by fire in 1896. This building would be used in this capacity until 1932 when the new office building was completed.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE121 Belmont School
description: Belmont Elementary School was located on Dale Avenue in southeast Roanoke. The school was built in 1891 and remained in operation until 1974 when Fallon Park Elementary School was completed.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE123 Ponce de Leon Hotel
description: The second Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE124 Commerce Street School
description: Commerce Street School, also called First Ward School, was located at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd (Commerce) Street. Built in 1890, it was razed in 1929 to make room for the post office.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1922
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE126 Harrison School
description: The Harrison School was completed in 1916. Two years later, the first high school classes for African American students began at Harrison School. Three students graduated in 1924, due largely to the persistence of Harrison's principal, Lucy Addison. The building is located at 523 Harrison Avenue, NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1923
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE128 Sherwood Forest
description: Entrance to Sherwood Forest subdivision, located at Yellow Mountain Road and Nottingham Road.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE130 Morice Twine Mills
description: The Morice (formerly Roanoke) Twine Mill in Norwich. Built to house the Norwich Lock Company in 1891, the lock company was a short-lived enterprise. In 1901, the Roanoke Cotton Mill moved into the abandoned building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE131 Boggs & Havnaer
description: Boggs & Havnaer Laundry and Dry Cleaning supplies and equipment, formerly located at 912 3 1/2 Street SE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1950
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE136 Morningside Elementary
description: Morningside Elementary School, located at 1716 Wilson Street SE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE137 Stonewall Jackson Middle
description: Stonewall Jackson Middle School located at 1004 Montrose Avenue SE shortly after completion. The school's name was changed to John P. Fishwick Middle School in 2018.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE138 Jamison School
description: Jamison Elementary School was located on the southwest corner of Jamison Avenue and 14th Street SE. The school was built in 1916 and razed in 1975.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE139 Lucy Addison High
description: Lucy Addison High School opened in 1928. Located at 40 Douglass Avenue NW, the building now houses Roanoke City Public Schools Administrative Offices.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE140 Stonewall Jackson Middle
description: Stonewall Jackson Middle School located at 1004 Montrose Avenue SE. The school's name was changed to John P. Fishwick Middle School in 2018.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1926
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE142 Roanoke Printing Company
description: Roanoke Printing Company occupies the Bolling Building, formerly located on the southwest corner of Church Avenue and 1st Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE144 Highland Park Elementary
description: Built in 1920, Highland Park Elementary School is located at 1212 5th Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE146 Roanoke Hospital
description: Roanoke Hospital was built in 1893 with the aid of Norfolk & Western and the Roanoke Gas and Water Company. Carilion Roanoke Memorial now occupies the site of the old hospital.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1902
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE147 State & City Bank
description: Built in 1905, the building located at 116 Campbell Avenue SW was home to two banks in its early years, State & City Bank in this photograph and Day & Night Bank.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE150 Jefferson High School
description: Originally constructed in 1922, Jefferson High School was Roanoke's largest high school for half a century.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE151 Wasena Elementary
description: Wasena Elementary School is located at 1125 Sherwood Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE153 Roanoke Country Club
description: Roanoke Country Club, located at 3360 Old Country Club Road NW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE156 Crystal Spring Laundry
description: Crystal Spring Laundry was located at 720 Franklin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE157 Ole Monterey
description: Built in 1920, Ole Monterey Golf Course is the second oldest golf course in the City of Roanoke.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE159 Mountain View
description: Mountain View, a 40 room elegant turn-of-the-century mansion, was built in 1907 by Junius B. Fishburn. Mr. Fishburn donated Mountain View to the City in 1955 with the stipulation that it be used solely and exclusively for public recreation purposes. It is located at 714 13th Street SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE162 N&W General Offices
description: Completed in 1883 by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, the general office building housed the offices for Norfolk & Western after they were moved from Lynchburg. The building was located on the northwest corner of Jefferson Street and Shenandoah Avenue where the present "old" general offices are located. The building was destroyed by fire on January 4, 1896.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1890
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE171 Roanoke Photo Finishing
description: An interior view of Roanoke Photo Finishing Company with George Davis behind counter.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE175 Roanoke High School
description: Roanoke High School was built in 1898 on the northeast corner of Church Avenue and 3rd Street SW. It became the school administration building in 1924 after Jefferson High School opened. It was razed in 1968 for construction of the Municipal Building annex.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE178 Elmwood Park
description: A scene in Elmwood Park.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE182 Jefferson Street
description: Looking south on Jefferson Street from the Colonial Bank building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE185 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking east from the 100 block of Campbell Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1945
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE188 Burrell Memorial
description: Roanoke's first African American hospital, Burrell Memorial, was founded in 1915 in a small cottage on Henry Street. It soon outgrew the Henry Street location and moved into the former Alleghany Institute, a school for boys located at 611 McDowell Avenue, in 1921. By the early 1950s, Burrell Memorial had outgrown this building and a new hospital was constructed in 1955 on the same site.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE189 Fenton China
description: Fenton China and House Furniture, formerly located at 306 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1926
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE195 Campbell Avenue
description: Lyle's Drugstore occupied the right half of this building, located at 101 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1890
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE196 Roanoke Baseball
description: Roanoke Baseball Team. Front row, left to right: Dusty Coons, ? Wrigley, ? Lynch; middle row, L to R: unidentfied, unidentfied, Pop Tate (manager), G. McGann, ? Hill; back row, L to R: Ed McGinnis, unidentified, unidentified, and ? Williams.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1905
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE198 Mountain Trust Bank
description: The temporary quarters of Mountain Trust Bank, formerly located at 34 W. Church Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE199 Terra Alta
description: "Terra Alta" located at 1348 Prospect Road SE.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE200 WDBJ Radio
description: Virginia's second commercial radio station, WDBJ-AM, had been broadcasting for twelve and a half years when it moved to its new quarters at 124 Kirk Avenue SW in January 1937.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE201 State & City Building
description: State & City Building, located at 102 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE202 Blue Ridge Springs
description: Blue Ridge Springs was one of a number of summer resorts in Southwestern Virginia. It boasted the healing powers of dyspepsia in its natural spring. Like many resorts of its kind, Blue Ridge Springs fell into disrepair during the Great Depression. The hotel burned in 1936.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE203 Virginia College
description: The Virginia College for Young Women was located in the South Roanoke neighborhood at the end of Rosalind Avenue. The college closed in 1933.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE205 Police Switchboard
description: Switchboard at Police headquarters. Sargeant Dick Arnold uses the phone as motorcycle officer John Lemon looks on.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE206 Mountain Lake
description: Canoers on Mountain Lake. The second Mountain Lake Lodge, built in 1875, can be seen in the distance. The current stone lodge replaced this structure in 1936.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE208 Crockett Springs
description: Crockett Springs Resort, near Shawsville, was one of a number of summer resorts in Southwestern Virginia that boasted the healing powers of its spring waters. The resort opened in 1889 and closed shortly before 1940. The hotel was razed in 1966.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE211 Witten-Martin Furniture
description: Located at 213 1st Street SW, the Masonic temple was constructed in 1911. For many years, the first floor was occupied by various retail establishments, as evidenced in this photograph when Witten-Martin Furniture Company occupied the space.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE214 Campbell Avenue
description: Looking west on Campbell Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE222 Primitive Dentistry
description: Onlookers in Ballyhack watch as the seated gentleman in this photograph is having a tooth extracted by the lady in front of him, while the one behind him holds his head still.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1890s
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE224 Grandin Road
description: Looking south on Grandin Road from the 1700 block.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE225a Westover Avenue
description: Looking east on the 2000 block of Westover Avenue SW. The neighborhood is still under development at the time of this photograph.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image
title: FE225b Maiden Lane
description: Looking east on the 2000 block of Maiden Lane SW. The neighborhood is still under development at the time this photograph was taken.

FE226 Maiden Lane
description: Looking west from the 1900 block of Maiden Lane. The neighborhood is still under development at the time of this photograph.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE236 N&W Shops
description: Aerial view of Norfolk & Western east end shops.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE239 Grandin Road
description: Looking northeast on Grandin Road at the intersection with Shirley Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE241 Blue Ridge Springs
description: Blue Ridge Springs was one of a number of summer resorts in Southwestern Virginia. It boasted the healing powers of dyspepsia in its natural spring. Like many resorts of its kind, Blue Ridge Springs fell into disrepair during the Great Depression. The hotel burned in 1936.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1924
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE250 Police Car
description: Parked in front of the city jail, is this blue and white, fifty horsepower Cadillac patrol wagon. It could carry as many as eight prisoners in its enclosed compartment, while the policeman had to ride exposed to the elements.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1913
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE255 Jefferson Hospital
description: Jefferson Hospital, founded in 1907 by Dr. Hugh Trout, was the predecessor of Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital. Formerly located at 1313 Franklin Road SW, the hospital closed in 1967 and was later razed.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE256 Stone Printing
description: Stone Printing Company began doing business at this location in 1891. The stone veneer was added to the building, located at 116 N. Jefferson Street, in 1907.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE257 Lee Junior High
description: Lee Junior High School was built in 1912 at the intersection of Franklin Road and 2nd Street SW. It was razed in 1973 to clear the site for construction of the Richard H. Poff Federal Building.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE258 Jefferson Street
description: Looking south on Jefferson Street from Salem Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE260 Jefferson Street
description: Looking north on Jefferson Street from the 300 block.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE261 Christ Episcopal
description: Christ Episcopal Church, located at 1101 Franklin Road SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE263 Day & Night Bank
description: Built in 1905, the building located at 116 Campbell Avenue SW was home to two banks in its early years, Day & Night Bank in this photograph and State & City Bank.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1924
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE265 Mill Mountain
description: A view of Mill Mountain showing a relatively undeveloped foreground.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1910
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE266 Lorraine Apartments
description: Shown under construction are the Lorraine Apartments, located at 1221 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE267 Williamson Building
description: Intersection showing the Williamson Building on the northwest corner of Church Avenue and Jefferson Street. At the time of this photo it was occupied by the Sportsman, Deb Fashions, Thom McCann Shoes. The building was razed in 1977.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1951
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE268 Lorraine Apartments
description: Shown under construction are the Lorraine Apartments, located at 1221 S. Jefferson Street. This view shows the rear of the building from Maple Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1935
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE269 Roanoke Knitting Mills
description: Roanoke Knitting Mills began operations in 1903 at 306 Elm Avenue SE. It closed by 1909.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE270 Main Street
description: Aerial viewing showing Main Street in Salem near the intersection with Union Street and Academy Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1962
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE271 Roanoke Public Warehouse
description: Roanoke Public Warehouse was located at 403 Salem Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE272 Ponce de Leon Hotel
description: The original Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW. The elegant verandas are gone by the time this photograph was taken. In December 1930, the building was totally destroyed by fire, killing one resident and injuring others. It was replaced with the current structure, known as the Crystal Tower, shortly thereafter.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE273 Market Building
description: The Market Building appears largely unchanged today from when it was built in 1922.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1923
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE274 Victory Stadium
description: Athletic field and grandstands at Victory Stadium. The stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE275 Victory Stadium
description: Athletic field and grandstands at Victory Stadium. The stadium was built in 1942 and razed in 2006.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE276 Municipal Building
description: The Municipal Building was built in 1915.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE277 Municipal Building
description: The Municipal Building at night.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE278 Prospect Road
description: Mill Mountain’s Prospect Road, commonly called the Loop Road or Old Toll Road, still has the same basic design when it originated as a graded carriage road in 1891. Today, the road is part of the Roanoke Valley’s greenway system within Mill Mountain Park.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE279 McBain Building
description: The McBain building, located at 34 Campbell Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE280 Hammond Printing
description: Hammond's Printing and Litho Works, formerly located on the southeast corner of Jefferson Street and Luck Avenue,
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE281 Phelps & Armistead
description: Phelps & Armistead Furniture, formerly located at 312 2nd Street SW. The building would later be occupied by Grand Piano.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE283 Post Office
description: Roanoke's second federally funded post office was constructed on the same site as the first, the corner of Church Avenue and 1st Street. It was built in 1914 and replaced in 1933.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE284 Roanoke Lodge #197
description: Roanoke Lodge #197 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The lodge stood on the southeast corner of Jefferson Street and Franklin Road
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE285 Colonial Bank Building
description: Colonial National Bank building, located at 202 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1928
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE286 Roanoke Auditorium
description: Roanoke Auditorium was located along Wells Avenue NE, between Williamson Road and 2nd Street. Built in 1916, it was purchased in 1947 by the American Legion and thence called the American Legion Auditorium. It served the city well as an all-purpose civic center until destroyed by fire in 1957.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE287 Roanoke High School
description: Roanoke High School was built in 1898 on the northeast corner of Church Avenue and 3rd Street SW. It became the school administration building in 1924 after Jefferson High School opened. It was razed in 1968 for construction of the Municipal Building annex.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1919
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE288 McBain Building
description: The McBain building, located at 34 Campbell Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE289 Medical Arts Building
description: Located at 30 Franklin Road, the Professional (or Medical) Arts Building was built in 1929.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE290 City Hotel
description: City Hotel was built in 1886 on the southeast corner of Jefferson Street and Salem Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1888
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE291 School Administration
description: Roanoke High School was built in 1898 on the northeast corner of Church Avenue and 3rd Street SW. It became the school administration building in 1924 after Jefferson High School opened. It was razed in 1968 for construction of the Municipal Building annex.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
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

FE292 Crystal Spring
description: A view of Crystal Spring Park, pump house, and reservoir. Crystal Spring was one of the city's earliest landscaped parks. It was designed and managed by Roanoke Gas and Water Works.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE293 Jefferson Apartments
description: The Jefferson Apartments, formerly located at 820 S. Jefferson Street. This view looks west on Mountain Avenue.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1915
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE294 Shenandoah Building
description: The Shenandoah Building is located at 305 1st Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE295 Peoples Bank
description: People's Bank building located at 201 S. Pollard Street in Vinton.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1912
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE296 McGuire Building
description: The McGuire Building and Market Square.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1941
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE297 Jackson Ferry Shot Tower
description: Jackson Ferry Shot Tower in Wythe County. The tower is 75 feet tall and was used for manufacturing lead shot. Construction began shortly after the American Revolution and was completed in 1802. The shot tower is now Shot Tower State Park.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE298 Coulter Building
description: Built in 1926, the Coulter Building is located at 601 S. Jefferson Street.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE299 Buena Vista
description: Buena Vista was contructed by Colonel George P. Tayloe around 1840.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE300 Roanoke Auditorium
description: Roanoke Auditorium was located along Wells Avenue NE, between Williamson Road and 2nd Street. Built in 1916, it was purchased in 1947 by the American Legion and thence called the American Legion Auditorium. It served the city well as an all-purpose civic center until destroyed by fire in 1957.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE301 Market Square
description: In the days before trucks were ubiquitous, farmers brought their goods to the City Market in buckboards, carts, and Conestoga wagons.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1917
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE302 Melrose Baseball
description: Melrose Athletic Club baseball team and mascot.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1905
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE303 Prospect Road
description: Mill Mountain’s Prospect Road, commonly called the Loop Road or Old Toll Road, still has the same basic design when it originated as a graded carriage road in 1891. Today, the road is part of the Roanoke Valley’s greenway system within Mill Mountain Park.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE304 Observation Tower
description: The first observation tower on Mill Mountain was constructed in 1910 and destroyed by a violent wind storm in 1914. It was replaced shortly thereafter by another observation tower, which burned in 1936.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1912
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

FE305 Roanoke Country Club
description: Greens and fairways at Roanoke Country Club. The clubhouse is just visible in the background.
creator: George C. Davis Photography
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

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

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

Davis2 29d Calvary Baptist
description: Calvary Baptist Church, located at 608 Campbell Avenue SW.
creator: George C. Davis Photogtraphy
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1 October 1962
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: negative
type: Still Image

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

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

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

Crusader 1968
subject: Glenvar High School
description: The Crusader is the annual for Glenvar High School.
creator: Glenvar High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1968
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Crusader 1969
subject: Glenvar High School
description: The Crusader is the annual for Glenvar High School.
creator: Glenvar High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1969
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Crusader 1970
subject: Glenvar High School
description: The Crusader is annual for Glenvar High School.
creator: Glenvar High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1970
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Crusader 1971
subject: Glenvar High School
description: The Crusader is the annual for Glenvar High School.
creator: Glenvar High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1971
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Crusader 1988
subject: Glenvar High School
description: The Crusader is the annual for Glenvar High School.
creator: Glenvar High School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1988
format: Yearbook
type: Text

PC 92.0 Roanoke River
description: Scene of the Roanoke River.
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 92.2 Ruins of Old Mill
description: This old mill was located on Carvins Creek and is just below where the current Carvins Cove reservoir dam is located.
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 108.0 Fire House
description: "Engine house and headquarters, Roanoke Fire Department, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 114.1 Hollins College
description: "Hollins Institute near Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 116.8 Hotel Roanoke
description: "Depot, Offices and Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 119.10 Rockledge Inn
description: "Rockledge Inn, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 112.04 General Offices
description: "General Offices, Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Roanoke, VA."
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1906
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 122.2 Norfolk & Western Depot
description: "Norfolk & Western Depot, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1907
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 129.0 Terry Building
description: "Terry Building, Roanoke Virginia"
creator: Gooch-Crosby Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1906
format: postcard
type: Still Image

Grandin Court Elementary School 1976
description: 1976 annual for Grandin Court Elementary School.
creator: Grandin Court Elementary School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1976
rights: No known restrictions. Virginia Room copy fees apply.
format: Yearbook
type: Text

Grandin Court Elementary School 1978
description: 1978 annual for Grandin Court Elementary School.
creator: Grandin Court Elementary School
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1978
rights: No known restrictions. Virginia Room copy fees apply.
format: Yearbook
type: Text

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

A Guide to the Records of the Greater Raleigh Court Civic League
description: This items is a guide to the records of the Greater Raleigh Court Civic League. The Greater Raleigh Court Civic League Records (now Raleigh Court Neighborhood Association) document the neighborhood organization formed in 1978 to protect and further the interests of residents in eight neighborhoods in Roanoke, Virginia. The records mainly consist of minutes, project files, correspondence, and newsletters, and include some photographs, maps, and city publications from the group's formation to the present.
creator: Greater Raleigh Court Civic League
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1978-2014
format: pdf
type: Text

PC 116.83 Hotel Roanoke
description: "Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia. F.E. Foster, Proprietor. Open all Year."
creator: H.C. Barnes, Inc.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1909
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 116.833 Hotel Roanoke
description: "Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: H.C. Barnes, Inc.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1912
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 116.834 Hotel Roanoke
description: "Hotel Roanoke and Motor Inn, Roanoke, Virginia 24006. A delightful, modern version of an Old English Inn, located in its own ten acre park in the center of Roanoke. 425 air-conditioned rooms. Gourmet restaurants. Free parking. Heated outdoor swimming pool. Privileges at Pickwick Club. Carl G. Thurston, General Manager."
creator: H.S. Crocker Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

Samuel Griggs
description: Samuel Griggs Date of Birth: April 1827 Mayor, Town of Big Lick: July 1, 1876 to June 30, 1878 Date of Death: June 21, 1903
creator: Harris
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: Reproduction of drawing.
type: Still Image

Williamson Road Corridor Urban Design Catalog
description: This draft of the Williamson Road Corridor Urban Design Catalog was created on 19 May 1986, and it details Design Concepts, Development Strategies, Planning Documents, and other Maps. This project was never completed. It is assumed that this is due to the cost of the massive project. When the project was introduced, businesses along Williamson Road were brought in to help guide the project. This document specifically looks at how the citizens around Williamson Road saw potential for this area of Roanoke and its ability to draw in more interest in the City.
creator: Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern Architectural and Engineering Firm; Mason Handke, City of Roanoke Public Works
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 19 May 1986
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: PDF

PC 98.0 Carvin's Cove
description: "Aerial view of Carvin's Cove near Roanoke, Virginia, serving the latter as a water supply and recreational area. Favorite spot for picnicking, camping, swimming, boating, and fishing."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 115.6 Roanoke Memorial
description: "Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Belleview and Lake Avenues, SE, Roanoke, Virginia. Located at the base of Mill Mountain, this ultra-modern hospital has over 325 beds and serves Roanoke and Southwestern Virginia. It is also widely known for its outstanding treatment of polio and crippled children patients. Completely modern nurses' quarters adjoin the hospital building."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 116.835 Hotel Roanoke
description: "Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia. One of the South's finest of hostelries, catering to many state and national conventions yearly."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 122.0 General Offices
description: "General Offices, Headquarters of Norfolk & Western Railway, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 122.51 N&W Passenger Station
description: "Norfolk & Western Train Station, Roanoke, Virginia."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 130.0 Victory Stadium
description: "Victory Stadium, Roanoke, Virginia, as seen from atop Mill Mountain. With a seating capacity of 25,000, which can be increased to 29,000 with the use of bleachers, is where the Thanksgiving Day Classic Football Game is held each year between (VMI) Virginia Military Institute and (VPI) Virginia Polytechnical Institute. The municipal stadium also serves for many outstanding events each year, such as industrial exhibits, Harvest Festival, football games, etc. Also seen in the picture, the National Guard Armory, Marine and Navy Reserve Centers and the Virginian Railroad Yards."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 132.4 Greetings from Roanoke
description: "Looking to the north on Jefferson Street, part of the business section can be seen with Elmwood Park shown in the foreground. Also known as the Star City of the South."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 132.10 Downtown Roanoke
description: "Night view of Roanoke, Virginia"
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

PC 134.0 Woodrum Field
description: "Woodrum Field, Roanoke, Virginia. Located just outside the city limits of Roanoke, Virginia is the municipal terminal for three major airlines: Piedmont, Eastern and American - with a total of 50 flights daily. This ultra-modern airport serves as one of the best private flying fields in the state."
creator: Haynes Distributing Co.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: unknown
format: postcard
type: Still Image

A Guide to the Business Ledger of H.A. Webber
subject: Business records.
description: This is a guide to the business ledger of H.A. Webber. The H.A. Webber Ledger is a handwritten business ledger recording the transactions of H. A. Webber from 1873 to 1891, especially 1879-1880. H.A. Webber was a shoemaker and also ran the Roanoke County jail around 1890. The ledger including account for performing work on behalf of others, for employees making shoes, and for keeping people in jail for the U.S. Government who were brought in by U.S. Deputy Marshals.
creator: Henry A. Webber
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1873-1891
rights: No known restrictions on access.
format: pdf
type: Text

CSE001.1
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation Graduate (man) leaving the stage after shaking hands with two people. Woman on the left, man on the right; man is wearing graduation robe and cap.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.2
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation Graduate (woman) shaking hands with other woman on stage. Graduate is wearing white. Graduate passed man in graduation robe and cap.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.3
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation Graduate (man) shaking hands with president, Sidney J. Phillips, in graduation attire. Woman not in graduation clothes hands diploma to man.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.4
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation Graduate (man) shaking hands with president, Sidney J. Phillips, in graduation attire. Other graduates in the background walking across the stage. Woman not in graduation attire looking through diplomas.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.5
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation Man giving a speech in graduation attire. There are two men (Sidney J. Phillips to far left) and a woman sitting in the background.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.6
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation Man giving a speech in a graduation robe. There are two men and a woman sitting in the background; Sidney J. Phillips is the man sitting next to the woman.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.7
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation; Man giving speech in a graduation robe. Audience sits before him.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.9
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation; Two men on stage; man on the left is in catcher's uniform, handing a baseball to the man on the right, dressed in a suit.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.10
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation; Images of the crowd at graduation, including graduates. There is a balcony area above the ground floor pews.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE001.11
description: 16 May 1951 at High St. Church; Booker T. Washington Trade School Graduation; Images of the crowd at graduation, including graduates. There is a balcony area above the ground floor pews.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 16 May 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE002.1
description: Banquet at High St. Church 1947; Several tables set up and decorated for a banquet. People seated at all of the tables conversing and enjoying their meal.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE002.2
description: Banquet at High St. Church 1947; Several tables set up and decorated for a banquet. People seated at all of the tables conversing and enjoying their meal.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE002.3
description: Banquet at High St. Church 1947; Several tables set up and decorated for a banquet. People seated at all of the tables conversing and enjoying their meal.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE002.4
description: Banquet at High St. Church 1947; Several tables set up and decorated for a banquet. People seated at all of the tables conversing and enjoying their meal.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE002.5
description: Banquet at High St. Church 1947; Photo taken from balcony area of High St. Baptist down toward pulpit area of the altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1947
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE003.1
description: Roanoke Dressed Poultry Co.; "Owned and Operated by J. Brumberg and Sons" "1027 Norfolk Ave SE" Two men holding a chicken next to a truck full of caged chickens.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE003.2
description: Roanoke Dressed Poultry Co.; Owned and Operated by J. Brumberg and Sons" "1027 Norfolk Ave SE" Two men holding a chicken next to a truck full of caged chickens. Back of truck shown.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: c. 1940s
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE021.1
description: Feb. 26, 1955; Large crowd of people gathered in front of one of the buidlings at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Tuck Industrial Hall in the background on the left; Burroughs house in the background in the center; and Hopkins Hall on the right.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 Feb. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE021.2
description: Feb. 26, 1955; Crowd of people gathered around machinery (most likely automotive or farm related) Hopkins Hall is pictured in the background. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 Feb. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE021.3
description: Feb. 26, 1955; Portia Washington Pittman appears to hand item off to man standing on stoop of Hopkins Hall. Other people are around them; there is a bed on the stoop as well. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 Feb. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE021.4
description: Feb. 26, 1955; Large group of peole; image from the back of the crowd. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 Feb. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE021.5
description: Feb. 26, 1955; Large group of people; image from the front of the crowd. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 Feb. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE021.6
description: Feb. 26, 1955; Groups of people walking around pathways. Cars are pictured in the background as well as the Tuck Industrial Hall. Other buildings include Virginia Cottage, poultry houses, and a concession stand. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 26 Feb. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.1
description: Group of eleven people pictured around two tables. Assumedly some sort of board or group of teachers at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. President Sidney J. Phillips pictured at center, Portia Washington Pittman third from right. Attorney T. C. Walker fourth from right. Possibly Walter L. Hopkins second from left.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.2
description: Group of eleven people pictured around two tables. Assumedly some sort of board or group of teachers at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. President Sidney J. Phillips pictured at center, Portia Washington Pittman third from right. Attorney T. C. Walker fourth from right. Possibly Walter L. Hopkins second from left.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.3
description: Group of five men; one man is assumedly giving a demonstration on an automobile part. Portia Washington Pittman at the far right. Possibly located at Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.4
description: Attorney T. C. Walker and Portia Washington Pittman pictured holding a mop in the air at Booker T. Washington Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.5
description: Four women and one child pictured holding dresses in front of a photo of Booker T. Washington and two quotes from Mr. Washington. Possibly located at Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.7
description: Group of eleven people pictured outside the Virginia Industrial Hall at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Assumedly some sort of board or group of teachers.President Sidney J. Phillips fifth from left, Portia Washington Pittman, far right, Attorney T. C. Walker second from left.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.8
description: Assumedly a group of students offering a demonstration of building to some of the group members pictured in CSE022.7. Portia Washington Pittman looking at camera. Attorney T. C. Walker on far-right side of image. Possibly located at Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.9
description: Three students offer a bricklaying demonstration to some of the group members from CSE022.7. Portia Washington Pittman is the woman that is pictured. Attorney T. C. Walker on far right. Possibly located at the Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.10
description: Three students offer a bricklaying demonstration to some of the group members from CSE022.7. Portia Washington Pittman is the woman that is pictured. Attorney T. C. Walker on far right. Possibly located at the Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.11
description: Four students work on bricklaying for what appears to be a chimney or fireplace structure. Possibly located at the Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.12
description: Four students work on bricklaying for what appears to be a chimney or fireplace structure. Possibly located at the Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.13
description: Two people, Portia Washington Pittman on right, Attorney T. C. Walker on left, looking at a sculpture of a well. Quote on top reads, “Cast down your bucket where you are” from Booker T. Washington. It is designated for those a part of Industrial Training at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.14
description: Two people, Portia Washington Pittman on right, Attorney T. C. Walker on left, looking at a sculpture of a well. Quote on top reads, “Cast down your bucket where you are” from Booker T. Washington. It is designated for those a part of Industrial Training at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.15
description: Large group of people gathered in front of buildings. Building on far left is the building designated as the US Post Office, and the building on the far right is the replica cabin of Booker T. Washington's birthplace at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.16
description: Group of eleven people pictured outside the Virginia Industrial Hall. Assumedly some sort of board or group of teachers. President Sidney J. Phillips fifth from left, Portia Washington Pittman, far right. Attorney T. C. Walker second from left. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.17
description: Group of two people at a gathering. There is a man on the left holding a cigarette, and the woman on the right is in a long dress.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.19
description: Pictures of the Virginia Industrial Hall at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE022.20
description: Pictures of the Virginia Industrial Hall at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.1
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Mrs. Ada Chapell and daughter outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Both in dresses.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.2
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Mrs. Ada Chapell and daughter inside Booker T. Washington Elementary.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.3
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Mrs. Ada Chapell and daughter in line to speak to teacher at Booker T. Washington Elementary. Other girls lined up behind Mrs. Chapell's daughter.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.4
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Mrs. Ada Chapell and daughter in line to speak to teacher at Booker T. Washington Elementary. Other girls lined up behind Mrs. Chapell's daughter.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.5
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Class pictures outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Classes range in size.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.6
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Class pictures outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Classes range in size.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.7
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Class pictures outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Classes range in size.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.8
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Class pictures outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Classes range in size.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.9
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Class pictures outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Classes range in size.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.10
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Class pictures outside of Booker T. Washington Elementary. Classes range in size.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE023.11
description: Sept. 15, 1954; Farmer looking at the camera with the Booker T. Washington Elementary School building in the back right of the image.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 15 Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.1
description: Four students work on bricklaying. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE024.2
description: Car entering for "Booker Washington Birthplace, VA The 4th Annual Booker T. Washington Birthday Celebration Will be Held on These Grounds April 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Public is Invited."
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.3
description: Group of people seated, assumedly for Booker T. Washington 4th Annual Birthday Celebration at the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Virginia Industrial Hall in the back.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.4
description: Same group of people as 24.3, but taken from behind the group. The people are facing the Post Office and Burroughs house building and the reconstructed cabin where Booker T. Washington was born enslaved at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.5
description: Large group of people outside of a bus. Black dog in front of the people. Concession stand in the back right. Located at the Booker T. Washington Memorial Birthplace.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.6
description: Large group of people circled around what is assumedly a musical performance. Virginia Industrial Hall in the background at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.7
description: Large group of people circled around what is assumedly a musical performance. Virginia Industrial Hall in the background at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.8
description: Group of three at a table. Middle person is possibly Mrs. Virginia Hurt Phillips, wife of President Sidney J. Phillips and one of the postmistresses of the Booker T. Washington National Monument Post Office at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE024.9
description: Two men working at some sort of machine. Man at back seems to be holding a saw, and man at the front seems to be stretching some sort of material. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.10
description: Three people addressing the crowd assumedly at 4th Annual Booker T. Washington Celebration at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Standing in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.11
description: Three people addressing the crowd assumedly at 4th Annual Booker T. Washington Celebration at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Standing in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.12
description: Three people addressing the crowd assumedly at 4th Annual Booker T. Washington Celebration at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Standing in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.13
description: Crowd listening to speaker, assumedly at 4th Annual Booker T. Washington Birthday Celebration at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Standing in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1949
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE024.14
description: Four people in front of Virginia Cottage. In front, there is a sign that reads, "Buildings On These Grounds Are Being Renovated and Remodeled By Community Workers Teachers and Students Of The ROANOKE BRANCH Of the Booker T. Washington Memorial Trade School." Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE024.15
description: People congregating and coming from inside the Virginia Industrial Hall at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE024.16
description: People gathered inside of a building assumedly at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE024.17
description: People gathered inside of a building assumedly at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Portia Washington Pittman in front row.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE025.1
description: May 9, 1950; President Sidney J. Phillips with adult and baby pigs. Assumedly Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 09 May. 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE025.2
description: May 9, 1950; Chickens running around a coop. Virginia Industrial Hall, Burroughs house, Virginia Cottage, and other cars in the background. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 09 May. 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE025.3
description: May 9, 1950; Chickens running around a coop. Virginia Industrial Hall, Burroughs house, Virginia Cottage, and other cars in the background. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 09 May. 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE025.4
description: May 9, 1950; Chickens running around a coop. Virginia Industrial Hall, Burroughs house, Virginia Cottage, and other cars in the background. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 09 May. 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE025.5
description: May 9, 1950; President Sidney J. Phillips talks to another man by the chickens and chicken coops. Virginia Industrial Hall, Burroughs house, Virginia Cottage, and other cars in the background. Located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 09 May. 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.1
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; President Sidney J. Phillips, left, shaking hands with unidentified woman in front of memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born enslaved.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.2
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; Five women standing behind desk for portrait. Woman on far right is possibly Postmistress Virginia Hurt Phillips. 2nd from left is Mrs. Ada D. Chapell.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.4
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; Portrait of an unidentified woman.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.5
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; Two women shaking hands with man at far right. Assumedly Mrs. Alice Smith Jones in the middle.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.6
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; Assumedly Mrs. Alice Smith Jones being sworn in as Postmistress at Booker T. Washington Post Office. Mrs. Jones is facing a man and they both have their right hands raised.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.7
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; Assumedly Mrs. Alice Smith Jones being sworn in as Postmistress at Booker T. Washington Post Office. Mrs. Jones is facing a man and they both have their right hands raised.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE026.8
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial June 30, 1955; Two women shaking hands. Woman on left is Mrs. Ada Chapell. Woman on right is assumedly Mrs. Alice Smith Jones.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 Jun. 1955
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE028.1
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.2
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.3
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.4
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.5
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.6
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.7
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.8
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass. Other clergymen present on altar.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.9
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Audience gathered for Mass at St. Andrew's. Stained glass panels along walls.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE028.10
description: Interior of St. Andrew's Catholic Church. Color Photo. Audience gathered for Mass at St. Andrew's. Stained glass panels along walls.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.1
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room eating a meal. Wood-panelled walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.3
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room eating a meal. Wood-panelled walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.4
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room eating a meal. Wood-panelled walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.5
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.6
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.7
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.8
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.9
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.10
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.11
description: Color Photo. People gathered in a room in line for a meal. Room has plain walls. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE029.12
description: Color Photo. Long table of people eating in a wood-panelled room. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE030.1
description: Unidentified Group Portrait.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE031.1
description: Color Photo. Assumedly Rev. James Goode, performing Mass at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE031.2
description: Color Photo. Rev. James Goode standing with two people as the people eat their meal. Possibly meeting room at St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE032.1
description: Assumedly Rev. Stone of Hill St. Baptist. Portrait taken in front of plain background.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE032.2
description: Assumedly Rev. Stone of Hill St. Baptist. Portrait taken in front of plain background.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE034.1
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Possibly Mrs. Virginia Hurt Phillips, far right, holding a child next to two men in front of the Well Sculpture in honor of Booker T. Washington.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.2
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; President Sidney J. Phillips, right, shaking hands with another man in front of the Well Sculpture in honor of Booker T. Washington.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.3
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Three women sipping soda out of glass bottles in front of concession stand.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.4
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Three women sipping soda out of glass bottles in front of concession stand.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.5
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Four graduates sipping soda out of glass bottles in front of concession stand.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.7
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; People, including President Sidney J. Phillips, giving speeches to graduates. Portrait of Sidney J. Phillips on the wall on the left, portrait of Booker T. Washington on the wall on the right.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.8
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; People, including President Sidney J. Phillips, giving speeches to graduates. Portrait of Sidney J. Phillips on the wall on the left, portrait of Booker T. Washington on the wall on the right.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.9
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; People, including President Sidney J. Phillips, giving speeches to graduates. Portrait of Sidney J. Phillips on the wall on the left, portrait of Booker T. Washington on the wall on the right.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.10
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; People, including President Sidney J. Phillips, giving speeches to graduates. Portrait of Sidney J. Phillips on the wall on the left, portrait of Booker T. Washington on the wall on the right.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.11
description: Group of five men, two graduates, to perform. Assumedly at graduation. Assumedly at High Street Baptist in Roanoke.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.12
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Large circle of people in graduation robes and caps surrounding the memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.13
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Pictures inside of a classroom at Booker T. Washington Elementary.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.14
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Pictures inside of a classroom at Booker T. Washington Elementary.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.15
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Pictures inside of a classroom at Booker T. Washington Elementary.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.16
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Group of graduates and others stand for a portrait by a sign that reads, "Thomas G. Burch Memorial Bldg."
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.17
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Group of graduates and others stand for a portrait by a sign that reads, "Thomas G. Burch Memorial Bldg."
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.18
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Graduate standing with glass bottle of soda, another man inside the concession stand hands the graduate another.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.19
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Large circle of people in graduation robes and caps surrounding the memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.20
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Graduates and other school members process away from the memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born. Also passing Virginia Cottage.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.21
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Graduates and other school members process away from the memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born. Also passing Virginia Cottage.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE034.22
description: May 13, 1951, Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial; Large circle of people in graduation robes and caps surrounding the memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 13 May. 1951
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE035.1
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips and Portia Washington Pittman pictured with a cow alongside the Well Sculpture to honor Booker T. Washington at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.2
description: June 10th; Portia Washington Pittman pictured with a cow in front of the memorial cabin where Booker T. Washington was born enslaved at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.3
description: June 10th; Picture of a cow with a car and the Tuck Industrial Hall in the background at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.4
description: June 10th; Room set up like a bedroom with laundry hanging as well. In a floral arrangement, there is a sign that reads, "Applied Home Economics and Sewing." Possibly located at Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.5
description: June 10th; Room set up like a bedroom with laundry hanging as well. In a floral arrangement, there is a sign that reads, "Applied Home Economics and Sewing." Assumedly at Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.7
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips speaking with a female student. Poster of Booker T. Washington behind them. Assumedly at Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.8
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips and Portia Washington Pittman speaking at a desk. Portrait of Booker T. Washington behind them. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.9
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips and Portia Washington Pittman speaking at a desk. Portrait of Booker T. Washington behind them. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.10
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips assumedly speaking to others while seated at a desk, holding a hammer. Portrait of Booker T. Washington behind him. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.11
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips assumedly speaking to others while seated at a desk, holding a hammer. Portrait of Booker T. Washington behind him. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.12
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips shaking hands with a graduate in white graduation robes. Unknown man in background. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.13
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips shakes hands with a graduate in white graduation robes. Portia Washington Pittman stands in the background. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.14
description: June 10th; President Sidney J. Phillips shakes hands with a graduate in white graduation robes. Portia Washington Pittman stands in the background. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.15
description: June 10th; Six graduates in white graduation robes stand around the Well Sculpture to honor Booker T. Washington located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.16
description: June 10th; Six graduates in white graduation robes stand around the Well Sculpture to honor Booker T. Washington located at Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial. Portia Washington Pittman shakes hands with, possibly, Mrs. L. M. Jones, in front.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE035.17
description: June 10th; Assumedly mid-twentieth century era Ford car with someone in the driver's seat. Assumedly located at the Roanoke Branch of the Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE059.16
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified man speaking to the crowd in front of Burroughs house. Hopkins hall in the background.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.17
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of students in white jumpsuits ("Booker T. Washington Trade School") giving an automobile demonstration to another group of men.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.18
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of bricklayers giving a demonstration on stage.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.19
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of students (possibly electricians or radio technicians) giving a demonstration.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.20
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Typewriters set up on stage in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.21
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of nine men on stage singing in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.22
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified speakers talking to crowd in front of Burroughs house. Hopkins hall in frame.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.23
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified speakers talking to crowd in front of Burroughs house. Hopkins hall in frame.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.24
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified speakers talking to crowd in front of Burroughs house. Virginia Cottage in frame.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.25
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified speakers talking to crowd in front of Burroughs house. Hopkins hall in frame.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.26
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified speakers talking to crowd in front of Burroughs house. Hopkins hall in frame.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.27
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Unidentified speakers talking to crowd in front of Burroughs house. Hopkins hall in frame.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.28
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of six people in front of Burroughs house.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.29
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of five men by Well sculpture. Virginia Cottage in background.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.30
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of three men gathered around the grave of James Burroughs. One man plays the trumpet.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.31
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Group of three men gathered around the grave of James Burroughs. One man plays the trumpet.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.32
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Three people gathered around a sewing desk. Unidentified woman speaks to the class.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.33
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Three people gathered around a sewing desk. Unidentified woman speaks to the class.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.34
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Class or group gathered in a room listening to unidentified woman talk about sewing.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.35
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Class or group gathered in a room listening to unidentified woman talk about sewing.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.36
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Class or group gathered in a room listening to unidentified woman talk about sewing.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.37
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Class or group gathered in a room listening to unidentified woman talk about sewing.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.38
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Baby chicks pictured in a chicken coop.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE059.39
description: Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, April - May 1950; Baby chicks pictured in a chicken coop.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: April-May 1950
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE061.1
description: Two students atop a wooden structure. President Sidney J. Phillips in the foreground of the photo on the right. Possibly Roanoke Branch of Booker T. Washington Industrial Trade School.
creator: Herman R. Clark
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.

CSE064.1
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Large banquet tables set up with months of the year on them. In order from left to right, May, January, December, February, June.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE064.2
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Two choirs singing in High Street Baptist.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE064.3
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Two choirs singing in High Street Baptist.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE064.4
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Group of eight choir singers gathered for a picture.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE064.5
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Group of five people standing behind a banquet table. Other people in the background walking in.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE064.6
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Crowds of people gathered around banquet table.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

CSE064.7
description: High Street Church Party Sep. 1954; Crowds of people gathered around banquet table.
creator: Herman R. Clark
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Sept. 1954
contributor: Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.