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Richmond College

Westbourne, Home of the Douglas Southall Freeman Family

Douglas Southall Freeman in 1951

Man adjusting lens of a large telescope — Telescope Inside Leander McCormick Observatory

Ten-story hotel on the corner of Ohio and Rush streets in Chicago — The Virginia Hotel in Chicago

Three-quarter photographic portrait of a bearded Leander James McCormick — Leander James McCormick

Leonard R. Flemings

Advertisement placed by James Madison to capture an enslaved teenager includes a silhouette of a person running — James Madison Seeking the Capture of an Enslaved Teenager

Newspaper ad by James Madison seeking the return of an enslaved man who fled Montpelier — “Ran Away”

Blueprrint of Leander McCormick Obersevatory as seen from above — Original Blueprint of Leander McCormick Observatory

McCormick factory complex on the banks of the Chicago River — McCormick Factory Complex in Chicago

Catalogue cover of the McCormick company's product line in 1860 — McCormick’s Reaping and Mowing Machines

An engraved image of a farmer seated on a two-wheeled mower drawn by horses — “1868. McCormick’s Improved Two-Wheeled Mower.”

Aerial view of structures and garden at James Monroe's Highland — Aerial View of James Monroe’s Highland

“Ten Dollars Reward.”

Four panels showing farmer on McCormick mower, McCormick factory complex, sad man who didn't buy a McCormick product, and a young girl surrounded by daisies — Advertisement for McCormick Steel Mower No. 4

Two panels with farmer on two-wheeled McCormick Mower, at top, and a happy customer below — Advertisement for McCormick Steel Mower No. 3

Advertisement for the first McCormick reaper showing a man on horseback and another man raking — The oldest Reaper alive! The father of them all.

Handwritten pass allowing an enslaved man to travel from Montpelier to New Market — Pass Permitting Travel by an Enslaved Man from Montpelier

John Payne Todd

Objects Made by Enslaved Blacksmiths at Montpelier

Emancipation Memorial depicting a formerly enslaved man with broken shackles on his wrist and Abraham Lincoln standing above him — Emancipation Memorial

President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches out to shake Dr. Martin Luther King's hand — Voting Rights Act of 1965

Scene of harness racing to advertise Afro-American Fair — “Come to the Big Afro-American Fair”

Armed guard over sees hanging corpse on a scaffold — Public Execution of a U.S. Colored Troops Soldier

Execution of Five deserters

Soldier Executed for Desertion in 1861

Sculptor Harriet Hosmer Surrounded by Her Assistants

Daguerreotype portrait of William Greenleaf Eliot in a gold oval frame — William Greenleaf Eliot

Eleven Germand boys play instruments on a street in St. Louis — “Little German Band”

Eliot portrait

Lynch’s Slave Market in St. Louis

Beaumont Place, Home of the Eliot Family

Gift From Archer Alexander

Archer Alexander

Exterior of McCormick's log blacksmith shop and grist mill in Rockbridge County — Walnut Grove

Painting of a bearded Cyrus Hall McCormick with rosy cheeks — Cyrus Hall McCormick

Telescope at Leander McCormick Observatory -modern photo

Worker uses garden tractor to remove debris after Hurricane Camille — Buena Vista Clean-Up After Hurricane Camille

Car hung up on embankment after floodwaters receded in Nelson County — Devastation Along Davis Creek in Nelson County

Inside a kitchen ruined by flood waters — Kitchen Destroyed by Hurricane Camille

People and horses wade through a flooded street after Hurrricane Camille — Flooded Streets in Nelson County After Hurricane Camille

Man pulling a small boat through a flooded street in Buena Vista — Flooding in Buena Vista From Hurricane Camille

Aerial photograph of confluence of Tye and James rivers — James River State Park

Utility worker being vaccinated for typoid after Hurricane Camille — Fear of Typhoid Epidemic After Hurricane Camille

Elderly woman on stretcher with eyes closed and distaught man behind her — Victim of Hurricane Camille

House torn asunder by the heavy deluge from remnants of Hurricane Camille — House Destroyed by Hurricane Camille

Kepone

Quarters for the Enslaved at James Monroe’s Highland

Casa Bianca Plantation House

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