Flag of synthetic fabric in red with a blue border, appliqued with a duck mascot in yellow, green, and brown, with leather tabs for hanging as a banner: rectangular; pole sleeves at top edge; reinforced hanging tabs inside sleeve at R and L edges; figure at center; logo at bottom L corner; 2" border; hemmed perimeter.
Flag of synthetic fabric in red with a blue border, appliqued with a duck mascot in yellow, green, and brown, with leather tabs for hanging as a banner: rectangular; pole sleeves at top edge; reinforced hanging tabs inside sleeve at R and L edges; figure at center; logo at bottom L corner; 2" border; hemmed perimeter.
Flag of synthetic fabric in red with a blue border, appliqued with a duck mascot in yellow, green, and brown, with leather tabs for hanging as a banner: rectangular; pole sleeves at top edge; reinforced hanging tabs inside sleeve at R and L edges; figure at center; logo at bottom L corner; 2" border; hemmed perimeter.
ID: V.2019.85.07
flags
Date: Circa 1980
Artist: Banner Ideas; Maker
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2019.85.07&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
18.11.2025 01:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photograph of L. J. Andrews, ABC alcohol store manager, wiping window inside store; likely in Richmond, Virginia.
ID: PHC0076/-0018#V.85.37.980
L. J. Andrews Wipes Window
Date: 4/15/1975
Artist: Burns, Gary
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0076/-0018#V.85.37.980&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
17.11.2025 20:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rectangular metal lunch box style tobacco tin with handle; red tin; "Just Suits / Cut Plug" in gold on lid above and below the Buchanan & Lyall logo; similar design on sides of tin.
Rectangular metal lunch box style tobacco tin with handle; red tin; "Just Suits / Cut Plug" in gold on lid above and below the Buchanan & Lyall logo; similar design on sides of tin.
Rectangular metal lunch box style tobacco tin with handle; red tin; "Just Suits / Cut Plug" in gold on lid above and below the Buchanan & Lyall logo; similar design on sides of tin.
Rectangular metal lunch box style tobacco tin with handle; red tin; "Just Suits / Cut Plug" in gold on lid above and below the Buchanan & Lyall logo; similar design on sides of tin.
ID: V.2012.04.362
Tin
Date: 1930s - 1940s
Artist: Buchanan and Lyall ||P. Lorillard and Company
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2012.04.362&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
17.11.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ensemble composed of jacket, skirt, belt, shoulder bag, and handbag of green cotton with printed "Greenbriar" floral motif with tortoiseshell buttons: a) quilted jacket: round neck; long sleeves, contrast pattern band cuffs; CF button closure; contrast pattern bands CF; patch pocket L and R hips; hip length; fully lined; b) dirndl skirt: full skirt, gathered; calf length; contrast pattern hem; c) belt: contrast pattern; tie closure; d) quilted shoulder bag: patch pocket; zipper closure; e) quilted handbag: patch pocket; zipper closure.
Ensemble composed of jacket, skirt, belt, shoulder bag, and handbag of green cotton with printed "Greenbriar" floral motif with tortoiseshell buttons: a) quilted jacket: round neck; long sleeves, contrast pattern band cuffs; CF button closure; contrast pattern bands CF; patch pocket L and R hips; hip length; fully lined; b) dirndl skirt: full skirt, gathered; calf length; contrast pattern hem; c) belt: contrast pattern; tie closure; d) quilted shoulder bag: patch pocket; zipper closure; e) quilted handbag: patch pocket; zipper closure.
Ensemble composed of jacket, skirt, belt, shoulder bag, and handbag of green cotton with printed "Greenbriar" floral motif with tortoiseshell buttons: a) quilted jacket: round neck; long sleeves, contrast pattern band cuffs; CF button closure; contrast pattern bands CF; patch pocket L and R hips; hip length; fully lined; b) dirndl skirt: full skirt, gathered; calf length; contrast pattern hem; c) belt: contrast pattern; tie closure; d) quilted shoulder bag: patch pocket; zipper closure; e) quilted handbag: patch pocket; zipper closure.
Ensemble composed of jacket, skirt, belt, shoulder bag, and handbag of green cotton with printed "Greenbriar" floral motif with tortoiseshell buttons: a) quilted jacket: round neck; long sleeves, contrast pattern band cuffs; CF button closure; contrast pattern bands CF; patch pocket L and R hips; hip length; fully lined; b) dirndl skirt: full skirt, gathered; calf length; contrast pattern hem; c) belt: contrast pattern; tie closure; d) quilted shoulder bag: patch pocket; zipper closure; e) quilted handbag: patch pocket; zipper closure.
ID: V.2015.51.01a-e
ensembles (costume); jackets (garments); skirts (garments); belts (costume accessories); handbags
Date: 1980s
Artist: Vera Bradley; Designer
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2015.51.01a-e&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL #FashionHistory
17.11.2025 12:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Glass plate negative showing the 400 block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; view of storefronts on the south side of the street, including Kaufman & Company, Millinery.
ID: PHC0047/-0142#Cook3398
400 block, East Broad Street
Date: 1880-1920
Artist: Cook Studio
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0047/-0142#Cook3398&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
17.11.2025 08:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dress and belt of dark blue silk and black leather trimmed with brass and mother of pearl buttons: a) dress: standing band collar; short sleeves; L front hook-and-eye and snap closures; double-breasted effect, CF chest, four buttons; semi-fitted bodice; slightly high waist; full gored A-line skirt; slit pockets, L and R hip; knee length; b) belt: buckle closure.
Dress and belt of dark blue silk and black leather trimmed with brass and mother of pearl buttons: a) dress: standing band collar; short sleeves; L front hook-and-eye and snap closures; double-breasted effect, CF chest, four buttons; semi-fitted bodice; slightly high waist; full gored A-line skirt; slit pockets, L and R hip; knee length; b) belt: buckle closure.
Dress and belt of dark blue silk and black leather trimmed with brass and mother of pearl buttons: a) dress: standing band collar; short sleeves; L front hook-and-eye and snap closures; double-breasted effect, CF chest, four buttons; semi-fitted bodice; slightly high waist; full gored A-line skirt; slit pockets, L and R hip; knee length; b) belt: buckle closure.
Dress and belt of dark blue silk and black leather trimmed with brass and mother of pearl buttons: a) dress: standing band collar; short sleeves; L front hook-and-eye and snap closures; double-breasted effect, CF chest, four buttons; semi-fitted bodice; slightly high waist; full gored A-line skirt; slit pockets, L and R hip; knee length; b) belt: buckle closure.
ID: V.79.01.13a,b
dresses (garments); belts (costume accessories)
Date: 1970s
Artist: Montaldo's; Retailer ||Chester Weinberg; Designer
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.79.01.13a%2Cb&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL #FashionHistory
17.11.2025 04:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photograph showing workers evacuating the Omaha Packing Company plant during a fire in Lowell, Massachusetts; image likely appeared in a Richmond, Virginia newspaper.
ID: PHC0007/-0004#P.73.02.743
Massachusetts Workers Flee Flames
Date: 1943
Artist: Associated Press Photography
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0007/-0004#P.73.02.743&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
17.11.2025 01:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Shiv from the Virginia Department of Corrections Academy for Staff Development; metal shiv in a rectangular leather sheath with marijuana-leaf motif; smooth piece of shiny metal with straight spine that tapers downward to a sharpened edge; shiv handle is wrapped in fabric bandage tape; leather sheath has four rivets on each edge, and a belt loop on the back side
Shiv from the Virginia Department of Corrections Academy for Staff Development; metal shiv in a rectangular leather sheath with marijuana-leaf motif; smooth piece of shiny metal with straight spine that tapers downward to a sharpened edge; shiv handle is wrapped in fabric bandage tape; leather sheath has four rivets on each edge, and a belt loop on the back side
Shiv from the Virginia Department of Corrections Academy for Staff Development; metal shiv in a rectangular leather sheath with marijuana-leaf motif; smooth piece of shiny metal with straight spine that tapers downward to a sharpened edge; shiv handle is wrapped in fabric bandage tape; leather sheath has four rivets on each edge, and a belt loop on the back side
ID: V.2018.14.122a,b
Edged Weapons; sheaths (cases)
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2018.14.122a%2Cb&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
16.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photographic print of Staunton Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia; brick Gothic Revival house with turrets and battlements; long crenellated front porch; house sits on a rise surrounded by trees; a smaller brick home visible in the distance, possibly manager's house.
ID: PHC0065/-0003.0016#V.45.47.269
Staunton Hill
Date: Late 19th century
Artist: Lancaster, Robert Alexander, Jr.; 1863-1940
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0065/-0003.0016#V.45.47.269&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
16.11.2025 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rectangular paperboard "sleeve and shell" Iraq brand cigarettes. Open-ended exterior sleeve a is printed with a light blue ground that features the same design on both front and back that reads "IRAQ/CIGARETTES" on two red ribbon banners surrounding an illustration of an Assyrian man against a stylized winged medallion. "MADE IN/AMERICA" printed inside shaped cartouche at the bottom. One side printed "IRAQ CIGARETTES/Made of FINE SELECTED VIRGINIA LEAF;" opposite side printed R.D. MESSAYEH/NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A." Folding inner tray (b) is plain and empty.
ID: FIC.008396a,b
boxes (containers)
Date: Early 20th Century-Mid 20th Century
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=FIC.008396a%2Cb&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
16.11.2025 12:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Black and white studio photograph of R. E. McDaniel, Division Manager, Esso Standard Oil Company and 1957 Richmond, Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors member; head and shoulders portrait; McDaniel wears light colored suit, white shirt and patterned tie.
ID: PHC0015/-0003.0051#V.86.153.998
Roy E. McDaniel
Date: Circa 1952
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0015/-0003.0051#V.86.153.998&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
16.11.2025 08:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photograph showing [Petersburg] firefighters battling a blaze on a freight train in Petersburg, Virginia; the men aim a fire hose at a smoking car.
ID: PHC0007/-0004#P.73.02.675
Firemen Battle Freight Train Blaze at Petersburg
Date: Circa 1945
Artist: Richmond Newspapers, Inc.
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0007/-0004#P.73.02.675&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
16.11.2025 04:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Color slide showing a two-story painted brick house with raised basement and picket fence on N. 6th Street; likely in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia.
ID: PHC0106/-#V.2021.41.671
N. 6th Street
Date: 1941-1949
Artist: Scott, Mary Wingfield; 1895-1983
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0106/-#V.2021.41.671&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
16.11.2025 01:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Color photograph of the aftermath of a four-alarm fire at 925-927 Hull Street in Manchester, Richmond, Virginia; Richmond firefighters climb through the second floor windows of a two-story brick building.
ID: PHC0007/-0005#P.77.13.81
Fire in 900 Block of Hull Street
Date: 2/22/1977
Artist: Dressler, Donald L.
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0007/-0005#P.77.13.81&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
15.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
35 mm color slide; image shows family members (including three children, two women, and couple) standing around large wreath in front of John Tyler Memorial at Hollywood Cemetery; trees and memorials across background; Richmond, Virginia; Edith K. Shelton at far left.
ID: PHC0039/-#V.79.120.1669
Tyler Family at Hollywood
Date: 3/29/1973
Artist: Shelton, Edith Keesee; 1898-1989
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0039/-#V.79.120.1669&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
15.11.2025 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Painted watercolor on board diorama depicting the "Old Market and Shockoe Creek"; brown outer wood case with plexiglass front and top; four women washing laundry in foreground, market in background behind creek.
ID: V.86.70.03
Diorama
Date: c. 1934
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.86.70.03&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
15.11.2025 12:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photographic print of Edward Valentine's 1867 statue, "The Penitent Thief"
ID: PHC0167/-0006#X.2024.15.455
"Penitent Thief"
Date: Circa 1867
Artist: Anderson & Company
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0167/-0006#X.2024.15.455&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
15.11.2025 08:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hat of soft white leather with a black grosgrain hatband and bow: high, flat crown; large flexible brim; fully lined.
Hat of soft white leather with a black grosgrain hatband and bow: high, flat crown; large flexible brim; fully lined.
Hat of soft white leather with a black grosgrain hatband and bow: high, flat crown; large flexible brim; fully lined.
Hat of soft white leather with a black grosgrain hatband and bow: high, flat crown; large flexible brim; fully lined.
ID: V.2019.97
hats
Date: 1949-1956
Artist: Mr. John Classic Collection; Brand ||La Vogue; Retailer
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2019.97&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL #FashionHistory
15.11.2025 04:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black metal cast iron embosser or press seal black with raised anchor design and the text "Pat. Mar. 9-00" on the side. Flat base with screw holes to attach to a surface. Embosses circular seal design with the text "Richmond Exchange for Woman's Work/Incorporated 1885".
Black metal cast iron embosser or press seal black with raised anchor design and the text "Pat. Mar. 9-00" on the side. Flat base with screw holes to attach to a surface. Embosses circular seal design with the text "Richmond Exchange for Woman's Work/Incorporated 1885".
ID: V.2018.47.01
seal press
Date: Early 20th Century
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2018.47.01&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
15.11.2025 01:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photograph of building facades of on the north side of East Broad Street in downtown Richmond; between 7th and 8th Streets; storefronts adorned with national flags and decorations; several storefronts with large, electrical signs and "Rex Theater" at proper right; street decorated for the end of World War I (?).
ID: PHC0032/0002-0002.0015#P.74.42.871
North side of E. Broad Street, Between 7th and 8th Streets
Date: Circa 1918
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0032/0002-0002.0015#P.74.42.871&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
14.11.2025 20:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sepia tone photograph showing a group of men, women and children posing together in an outdoor setting, possibly at Forest Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia; men in suits, women in light-colored dresses; likely a family group; Wade H. Taylor on right in back (?); mounted on board.
ID: PHC0108/-#R.173.98.05
Group Portrait
Date: Circa 1895
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0108/-#R.173.98.05&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
14.11.2025 16:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
35mm color slide of 419 and 501 N. 27th Street, at Clay Street, in Church Hill; image shows a two-story frame town house with raised brick foundation at right; two-story brick town house with two-story addition on back of house at left; Richmond, Virginia.
ID: PHC0039/-#V.91.42.2932
419 and 501 N. 27th Street at Clay Street
Date: 3/1980
Artist: Shelton, Edith Keesee; 1898-1989
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0039/-#V.91.42.2932&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
14.11.2025 12:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Skirt suit composed of camisole, blouse, and skirt of pink, gray, and white stripe: a) shirt: camisole top; wide shoulder straps; CB button closure; waist length b) blouse: notched collar; shoulder yoke B; long sleeves, wrist button closure; CF button closure; hip length; shoulder pads; c) skirt: full skirt, pleated F, gathered B; L hook-and-eye closure; inset side seam pockets; mid-calf length.
Skirt suit composed of camisole, blouse, and skirt of pink, gray, and white stripe: a) shirt: camisole top; wide shoulder straps; CB button closure; waist length b) blouse: notched collar; shoulder yoke B; long sleeves, wrist button closure; CF button closure; hip length; shoulder pads; c) skirt: full skirt, pleated F, gathered B; L hook-and-eye closure; inset side seam pockets; mid-calf length.
Skirt suit composed of camisole, blouse, and skirt of pink, gray, and white stripe: a) shirt: camisole top; wide shoulder straps; CB button closure; waist length b) blouse: notched collar; shoulder yoke B; long sleeves, wrist button closure; CF button closure; hip length; shoulder pads; c) skirt: full skirt, pleated F, gathered B; L hook-and-eye closure; inset side seam pockets; mid-calf length.
Skirt suit composed of camisole, blouse, and skirt of pink, gray, and white stripe: a) shirt: camisole top; wide shoulder straps; CB button closure; waist length b) blouse: notched collar; shoulder yoke B; long sleeves, wrist button closure; CF button closure; hip length; shoulder pads; c) skirt: full skirt, pleated F, gathered B; L hook-and-eye closure; inset side seam pockets; mid-calf length.
ID: V.93.42.08a-c
suits (main garments); camisoles (underbodices); blouses (main garments); skirts (garments)
Date: 1983
Artist: Xia; Design House
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.93.42.08a-c&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL #FashionHistory
14.11.2025 08:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
SIGN: Black painted wooden sign with slightly tapered ends; "Richmond Dairy Company" painted in white and red.
ID: V.93.100
Sign, Trade
Date: 20th Century-20th Century
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.93.100&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
14.11.2025 04:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photograph showing iron fence enclosing monuments at Hollywood Cemetery; trees in background; "Hollywood Cemetery" written at bottom of photo; "A2-4 / Hollywood" written on reverse; Richmond, Virginia.
ID: PHC0039/-#V.79.120.1383.02
Hollywood [Cemetery]
Date: Circa 1945
Artist: Shelton, Edith Keesee; 1898-1989
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0039/-#V.79.120.1383.02&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
14.11.2025 01:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
PORTRAIT: Miniature portrait of Madame B; seated; from waist up; woman faces proper left; pink flower in hair; in oval daguerrotype frame; enclosed in embossed paper case with velvet lining; written inscription on back: "Madame B. Painted / at Cape Francaise / by P.A. Peticolas / 1788 / Bassada" ; two red hearts on center back.
PORTRAIT: Miniature portrait of Madame B; seated; from waist up; woman faces proper left; pink flower in hair; in oval daguerrotype frame; enclosed in embossed paper case with velvet lining; written inscription on back: "Madame B. Painted / at Cape Francaise / by P.A. Peticolas / 1788 / Bassada" ; two red hearts on center back.
ID: V.2012.03.02
Painting
Date: 1788
Artist: Peticolas, Philippe Abraham
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.2012.03.02&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL
13.11.2025 20:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photographic print of Edward Valentine's Jeb Stuart bust
ID: PHC0167/-0007#X.2024.15.816
Stuart, Jeb
Date: n.d.
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0167/-0007#X.2024.15.816&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
13.11.2025 16:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Color slide showing an ornate ironwork gate and fence at 3rd and Canal Streets in the Gamble's Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia.
ID: PHC0106/-#V.2021.41.565
3rd and Canal Streets
Date: 1941-1949
Artist: Scott, Mary Wingfield; 1895-1983
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0106/-#V.2021.41.565&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
13.11.2025 12:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white photograph of the only point in the world where three trunk line trains cross each other; image shows three trains stacked on three train lines; at the top is the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, in the middle, the Seaboard Air Line Railway and on the ground a Southern Railway train; Richmond, Virginia.
ID: PHC0015/-0005.0093#V.86.153.261
Two Over One Railroad
Date: Circa 1945
Artist: Dementi Studio
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=PHC0015/-0005.0093#V.86.153.261&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
13.11.2025 08:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Digital photograph of the rear of the Walter and Zayde Dotts House at 2605 Monument Avenue.
ID: /-#V.2008.40.140
Walter and Zayde Dotts House
Date: October 19, 2007
Artist: Duke, J. Maurice
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/MADetailB.aspx?rID=/-#V.2008.40.140&db=biblio&dir=VALARCH
13.11.2025 04:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0