Quae est Geographiae Blavinae Pars Quinta, Liber Unus, Volumen Undecimum. [Amsterdam]: Labore & Sumptibus Ioannis Blaeu, [1662]. First edition. Large folio in twos
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Vienna, Virginia, circa 1920. "H.A. Money." The undertaker Howard A. Money (1859-1931). National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
portrait of an undertaker
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August 1941. "Tank driver. Fort Belvoir, Virginia." Medium format negative by John Collier. Office of War Information photo collection. View full size.
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"Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63. Eero Saarinen, architect. Mobile lounge, control tower and terminal." Medium format negative by Balthazar Korab. View full size.
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Unidentified house, Ark, Gloucester County, Virginia (LOC) (by The Library of Congress)
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June 1943. Arlington County, Virginia. "Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls. Sunbathers on the sidewalk in the back of Idaho Hall." Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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September 1942. "Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Sergeant George Camblair learning how to use a gas mask in a practice smokescreen." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
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John Brown: Maker-Stamped Leg Irons. Pair of leg irons or shackles believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the Charlestown, Virginia jail following his arrest during the raid at Harper's Ferry. John Brown's capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on October 17, 1859 as part of a failed attempt to incite a slave uprising is seen by most historians as the spark that ignited the Civil War...
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S. S. Pocahontas, automobile and passenger transport between Kiptoeke Beach and (Little Creek) Va., Norfolk, Virginia (by Boston Public Library)
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The Oozlefinch, mascot of the Coast Artillery, U. S. A., Fort Monroe, Virginia (by Boston Public Library)
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View from porch at Cypress Cove Country Club, Franklin, Virginia (by Boston Public Library)
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virginia valli 1921 (by Captain Geoffrey Spaulding)
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October 1864. "Petersburg, Virginia. Hospital stewards of 2d Division, 9th Corps, in front of tents." Wet plate glass negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. View full size.
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Emmet Gowin’s “Nancy and Dwayne, Danville, Virginia,” 1970
© Emmet and Edith Gowin. Courtesy Etherton Gallery
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"Beatrice Kyle, in high diving outfit, between acts at the Society Circus at Fort Myer, Virginia, for the benefit of the Army Relief Fund, April 25, 1924." In what looks like a marketing tie-in for moon pies and old fire engines. View full size.
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