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WLU Coll PP. Print and Photographic Collections

 Collection Type
Identifier: WLU Coll PP

Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:

Postcard of Peaks of Otter, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0031
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color postcard of Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Virginia. The postcard has a letter on the back addressed to Miss May Rader. The postcard was printed by J.P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, Virginia. Also included is a color postcard of the interior of the Peaks of Otter Restaurant and Lodge.

Dates: 1909

Postcard of Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0033
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color postcard of 'The Garden' in Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia c. 1910.

Dates: 1910

Postcard of the Lynchburg, Virginia YMCA Playground

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0027
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color postcard of the YMCA island playgrounds in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1915

Postcard of the Natural Bridge Hotel, Natural Bridge, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0065
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a color postcard printed by Marken & Bieleld, Inc., of the Natural Bridge Hotel in Natural Bridge, Va.

Dates: 1950 - 1963

Postcard of Trestle and Covered Bridge on North River

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0061
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a black and white postcard of the trestle and bridge on North River in Lexington, Virginia. The postcard is credited to Cyrus Hall McCormick Library, Washington and Lee.

Dates: 1978

Postcard of Union Station in Harrisonburg, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0052
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a postcard printed by Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, Maryland of Union Station, Harrisonburg, Virginia. The image shows men waiting for the train. The station closed in 1941.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1941

Postcards of The Homestead Resort

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0054
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of seven postcards of The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia. The images include interior and exterior views of the resort and a view of the Cascades Golf Couse.

Dates: Unknown

Print of the "Duke of Reichstadt" or Napoleon II

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0156
Scope and Contents

A 20th century colored print reproduction of artist Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Napoleon II as a child.

Dates: 1818

Real photograph postcard of Dunlap, Anderson, and Arnold

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-COLL-PP-0151
Scope and Contents

Photograph postcard taken at the Tercentennial (300th anniversary) exposition of Jamestown, Va. in 1907. The last names of the three people are Dunlap (from Rockbridge), Anderson, and Arnold.

Dates: 1907

Shenandoah National Park Trading Card Set

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0042
Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of:
  • an image of the 'Seven Bends of the Shenandoah River'
  • an image of the Appalachian Trail seen from the Shenandoah National Park
  • an image of the Luray Singing Tower
  • an image of a view of Skyline Drive North from Hawkbill Mountain at Shenandoah National Park, Va.
  • an image of Mountain laurel in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
  • an image of Upper Falls, White Oak Canyon, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Dates: 1950 - 1960

Small engraving of General John B. Floyd

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0118
Content Description

A carte de visite sized engraving of General John B. Floyd in uniform by engraver 'Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St, NY.' The image of Floyd is bordered by a decorative red oval. It resembles a trading card. Floyd was 31st governor of Virginia and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

Dates: Majority of material found within Approximate

Souvenir Calendar of Lexington, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0068
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a souvenir calendar of Lexington, Va. for 1901. It includes images of Washington and Lee, Virginia Military Institute, and Recumbant Lee statue by Edward V. Valentine.

Dates: Issued: 1901

Staunton Development Company Trade Card

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0633
Content Description

Post card shows an aerial view of Staunton, VA, Nd. c.1890; Dimensions: 3 12" x 5 1/2"; Names of Staunton Development Company Officials inscribed at the bottom.

Dates: 1890

Steel Engraving of J. C. Calhoun

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0083
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an engraving of John C. Calhoun. The original daguerreotype was taken by Matthew Brady and the engraving was done by R. E. Babson & J. Andrews.

Dates: 1849

Steel engraving of J.E.B Stuart

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0094
Dates: Majority of material found within 1863 - 1873

Steel Engraving of Reverend Archibald Alexander, D.D.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0080
Scope and Contents

An original steel engraving by J. L. Pease with a facsimile of his autograph, c. 1856.

Dates: 1856

Steele Burrow Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0007
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 308 digital files of photographs taken by student Steele Burrow duing the 2012 Mock Convention at Washington and Lee University.

Dates: 2012

Stonewall Jackson Monument Images, Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Va. WLU Coll PP#0072

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0072
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three original photographs, one postcard, and one copy of a postcard of the bronze Stonewall Jackson statue at his grave site at Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, Va. The statue, designed by Edward V. Valentine of Richmond, Va., was unveiled on July 21, 1891. One of the original photos is a cabinet photograph by Lexington, Va. photographer Michael Miley, c. 1891-1900, one looks to be of four Washington and Lee University students standing by the grave, c....
Dates: 1891 - 1965

Three Early Color Postcards Each with Virginia Scenery

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0043
Scope and Contents This collection consists of three 1920s era color postcards. One is dated 1937, but the other two are undated. The 1937 card has an image of the Yorktown Monument in Yorktown, Virginia and an image of the Natural Bridge, as well as a poem titled 'Virginia.' It has a message on the back of the card to a Mr. and Mrs. Dowd from Finch. The other two cards contain no messages, but both have images of the Natural Bridge and poems titled respectively 'In Old Virginia' by B. B. Valentine and 'Down...
Dates: 1920 - 1940

Three Photographs of Buildings in Buena Vista, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0032
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three color photographs. One is of the 'Landmark' building. One is of a house on the corner of 21st Street and Chestnut Street, and one is of the original Buena Vista Courthouse, which is now the Buena Vista Public Library. The buildings date from 1895-1910.

Dates: 1991

Tintype photograph of an unidentified man

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0162
Scope and Contents

A small tintype photograph of a suited man with a hat taken by Woodrich of Albany, New York. The tintype was discovered during a research survey called BookTraces by a team of scholars from the University of Virginia. The tintype was within a copy of the "Works of William Gilmore Simms."

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1860 - 1900

Two Photographs of the Hamilton's School House at Rapp's Mill, Rockbridge County, Va.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0122
Content Description

Two photographs of the students of the Hamilton's School House at Rapp's Mill in Southwest Rockbridge County, VA. Some student's names are written on the back of one of the images, but not all are identified. This picture was taken sometime in the second half of the 19th century. It is unclear when the second photograph was taken, though it appears to be of the same era

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1910

Two photographs of Washington and Lee University's Morris House

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0188
Scope and Contents

Two photographs of the Morris House located on the front campus of Washignton and Lee University. One image is a second generation print from an earlier negative of a snow covered Morris House - possibly taken by Michale Miley around 1900. The second photo is a snapshot fro the late 1960s. The house in 2022 is used as a campus guest house.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1968