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WLU Coll PP. Print and Photographic Collections

 Collection Type
Identifier: WLU Coll PP

Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of Lexington Train Station

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0062
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two photographs of the Lexington Train Station, c. 1915. The images were printed in 2002. There is a vintage car in the image.

Dates: 1915

Photographs of "Old Monmouth" Presbyterian Church

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0066
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two matted albumen photographs of the 'Old Monmouth' church. The images are almost identical.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850 - 1880

Photographs of Pulpit Rock

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0045
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two photographs by Michael Miley matted onto one card. The two images of Pulpit Rock are almost identical. The card contains a description of Natural Bridge on the back.

Dates: Unknown

Photographs of Rice Hotinger Home

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0055
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two photographs of Rice Hotinger's home in Kerr's Creek, Virginia. One image includes vintage cars and chickens.

Dates: 1940 - 1950

Photographs of Robert P. and James H. Rowan in their First World War uniforms

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0163
Scope and Contents

A real photograph postcard of Washington and Lee University ambulance driver James Rowan (WLU class of 1914) standing in front of his ambulance in France during the First World War. The second image in this collection is of Robert P. Rowan in his military uniform wearing the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Cross awarded to him for his heroism in combat as a corporal in Company A, of the 116th Infantry. The Rowan brothers were from Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919

Photographs of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company - Lexington (Va) and Longdale (Va) Branches

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0201
Scope and Contents

Six contemporary photographic copies of earlier of scenes along the Lexington and Longdale branches of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Two images in this collection are from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Historical Society and cannot be reproduced without its permission. One of the photographs is attributed to Randolph Kean. The four smaller photos are copy prints from early student scrapbooks from WLU manuscripts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1952

Photographs of the Highland Belle School near Lexington, Va

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0130
Content Description

One original photograph, as well two copies of a different photographs of the Highland Belle School in Lexington, VA circa 1938. The children pictured are identified on the back of each image. Surnames of students include Swink, Smith, Shoemaker, McCown, Black, Muterspaw, Johnson, Horne, Davis, Hostetter, Campbell, Doran, Johnston, Linburg, and Ayers

Dates: 1938

Photographs of the Liberty Hall Academy ruins

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0187
Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1910

Photographs of the Liberty Hall Volunteers Reunion of Survivors

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0046
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three copies of a silver gelatin photograph taken on Washington and Lee University's campus of a reunion of members of the Liberty Hall Volunteers who survived the Civil War. The original photograph was taken July 14, 1910.

Dates: Unknown

Photographs of the Murray House, "Apple Cottage," Lexington, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0064
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two silver gelatin prints of the Murray House or 'Apple Cottage,' 6 Jordan Street, Lexington, Va.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Photographs of the Washington and Lee University Campus from the World War Two era.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU -Coll -PP-0109
Content Description

12 photographs of Washington and Lee University campus which include the colonnade and academic buildings, Lee Chapel, Doremus gym, dorms, and fraternity houses. The photographs were taken by Army officer J.W. 'Bill' Stevens, who attended the U.S. Army's School for Personnel Services hosted by Washington and Lee University during World War Two.

Dates: Majority of material found within Creation of the photographs

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Newcomb Hall

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0190
Dates: Majority of material found within 1884 - 1935

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Reid Hall academic building

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0192
Scope and Contents

An assortment of approximately eighty-three photographs and negatives of Washington and Lee University's Reid Hall. The images span about one hundred years and include modern copies of earlier images as well as original photos.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1904 - 1990

Photographs of Washington and Lee University's Simpson House

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0186
Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

Photographs, Washington College Colonnade, c.1865 - 1866 WLUCollPP0108

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0108
Content Description

One original carte de visite (cdv) of Washington College taken by Lexington photographers Joseph Kelly and Samuel Pettigrew, circa 1865-1866. The prominent buildings of the Colonnade are labeled with a key on the reverse.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865 - 1866

Postcard of George Washington's Tomb

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0050
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color postcard of Washington's Tomb in Mount Vernon, Virginia. The image shows four women waiting outside the gate to the tomb.

Dates: Unknown

Postcard of Humpback Bridge

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0056
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color postcard of Old Humpback Bridge near Covington, Virginia. The postcard was written by G. Black to Miss Mary Rader of Lexington, Virginia on June 11, 1947.

Dates: 1947-06-11

Postcard of Kerr's Creek

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0058
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a black and white postcard that is a reproduction of a photograph of Valley Service Station and Cabins on J. C. Wilhelm's property in Kerr's Creek, Virginia.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1950

Postcard of Miller's Mill, Lexington, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0063
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960

Postcard of Natural Chimneys in Mt. Solon, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0030
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a color postcard of 'The Chimney Rocks, Shenandoah Valley, Va.' c. 1910.

Dates: 1910

Postcard of Parade on Main Street in Lexington, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0060
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a postcard of a parade on Main Street in Lexington, Virginia. The photo is credited to Mr. W. L. Hess, Jr. and was printed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1916