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1. circa 1925

   A scrapbook of images of Roanoke area businesses on postcards, circa 1925.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. 200 and 300 Blocks of Campbell Avenue SW - A black and white photograph of the 200 & 300 blocks of Campbell Avenue SW, Roanoke, Virginia. This portion of Campbell Avenue is bricked. St. Mark's Lutheran Church is visible in the foreground and the Municipal Building in the background. Several parked automobiles together with a streetcar and tracks are also visible.

   2007.26.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Certificate of Death - October 5, 1966

   The certificate of death for Dr. Elbyrne G. Gill who died on September 30, 1966 in Roanoke, Virginia. The importance of this certificate is the inclusion of pertinent family information as well as cause of death and place of burial (Evergreen Cemetery).

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Phillip Levy Furniture fire - Phillip Levy Furniture building and warehouse ablaze at the corner of Salem Avenue and 3rd Street. This is the first of a set of three pictures of the fire. This view is from 3rd Street looking north at the building on Salem Avenue. The building is located at 222-224 Salem Avenue. The fire department ladder truck with ladder extended to roof with three firefighters with hose at 4th floor level in front of the building. There are extended ladders at the side of the building and a firefighter with hose spraying the building. The traffic light is at the intersection of Salem Avenue and 3rd Street. Roanoke Hardware Warehouse is across the street at 301 Salem Avenue.

   1982.27.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Phillip Levy Furniture fire rubble - Aftermath of the Phillip Levy Furniture building and warehouse at the corner of Salem Avenue and 3rd Street. This view is from 3rd Street looking north at debris on Salem Avenue. This is the third picture of a 3 picture set. The building is located at 222-224 Salem Avenue. There are extended ladders at the side and front of the building where firefighters were hosing down the fire on the top floors before the collapse of the building. The traffic light is at the intersection of Salem Avenue and 3rd Street. Roanoke Hardware Warehouse is across the street at 301 Salem Avenue.

   1982.27.3

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1956 - A black and white photograph of the razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in June 1956, in Roanoke, Virginia. The church is located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Third Street, across the street from Virginia Southern College, Reid and Cutshall Furniture Company, and the service department of the Plymouth DeSoto dealership. The crane is removing the roof and steeple. The side walls are partially removed and the bell tower is still intact, but has begun to lean just a little. See related photograph in Object ID 1990.69.228.

   1990.69.237

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1956 - A black and white photograph of the razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in June 1956, in Roanoke, Virginia. The church is located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Third Street, across the street from Virginia Southern College, Reid and Cutshall Furniture Company, and the service department of the Plymouth DeSoto dealership. The crane is removing the roof and steeple. The side walls are partially removed and the bell tower is still intact, but is leaning forty five degrees to the left.

   1990.69.238

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1956 - A black and white photograph of the razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in June 1956, in Roanoke, Virginia. The church is located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Third Street, across the street from Virginia Southern College, Reid and Cutshall Furniture Company, and the service department of the Plymouth DeSoto dealership. The crane is removing the roof and steeple. The side walls are partially removed and the bell tower top is completely removed and suspended in air at the end of the crane.

   1990.69.239

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1956 - A black and white photograph of the razing of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in June 1956 in Roanoke, Virginia. The church was located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Third Street , across the street from Virginia Southern College, Reid and Cutshall Furniture Company, and the service department of the Plymouth Desoto dealership. The crane is removing the roof and steeple. The side walls are partially removed and the bell tower is still intact. See related photograph in Object ID 1990.69.237.

   1990.69.228

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Roanoke Diamond Jubilee Celebration, 1957 - A photograph of Walter L. Young, city mayor, speaking at the Diamond Jubilee celebration in front of City Hall on Campbell Street and Third Street in Roanoke, Virginia in 1957. Local television station WDBJ is covering the event. Reid and Cutshall Furniture, located at 302-308 Campbell Avenue SW, is also visible in the photograph.

    1998.24.234

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Roanoke Diamond Jubilee Celebration, 1957 - A photograph of Walter L. Young, city mayor, speaking at the Diamond Jubilee celebration in front of City Hall on Campbell Street and Third Street in Roanoke, Virginia in 1957. Local television station WDBJ is covering the event. Reid and Cutshall Furniture, located at 302-308 Campbell Avenue SW, is also visible in the photograph.

    1998.24.236

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Roanoke Diamond Jubilee Celebration, 1957 - Speaker at the Diamond Jubilee celebration in front of City Hall on Campbell Avenue and Third Street in Roanoke, Virginia in 1957. Local television station WDBJ is covering the event. Reid and Cutshall Furniture, located at 302-308 Campbell Avenue SW, is located adjacent to City Hall.

    1998.24.235

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Roanoke First Theater - There is writing all over the photo. The photo shows a two story wooden building with an outside staircase in an overgrown yard. There are trees all around the building. The writing on the path in front of the building says, "ROANOKE'S FIRST THEATRE BUILT BY F. RORER OPENED BY JOHN W. SHERMAN WITH HIS FIRST PLAY, "THE BROTHERS', in 1876 and the typing at the bottom says, "Rorer Hall -Upper floor once used as court room and jail" and the writing below that, merely "4 1/4" and the writing on the top edge says, "Flush Bottom" and in the lower right corner, someone has written "Davis". The writing on the back side gives us the approximate year taken with "1884?" and a more specific location with "Campbell Ave between 2nd + 3rd".

    1964.11.80

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. They Built Roanoke: Celebrating the individuals who developed Roanoke's History, and the Architecture associated with those people. - 1997

    A 1997 calendar created by the Roanoke Valley Historical Society & Museum: Celebrating the individuals who developed Roanoke's History, and the Architecture associated with those people. Cover - black and white drawing of Salem Avenue; Interior - black and white photographs of people and places of Roanoke, Virginia.

    Record Type: Archive

    
15. Trinity United Methodist Church, 1975 - A black and white photograph of Trinity United Methodist Church, located on the corner of Third Street and Mountain Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia. The photograph was taken in 1975 and shows the rounded apse of the church and its porch entrance as well as the brick sign. The photo is taken from across the intersection of Third Street and Mountain Avenue. There is bell tower on top of the church. This is a black and white version of the color photograph in Object ID 1981.75.11.

    1976.38.34

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Trinity United Methodist Church, 1975 - A color photograph of Trinity United Methodist Church, located on the corner of Third Street and Mountain Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia. The photograph was taken in 1975 and shows the rounded apse of the church and its porch entrance as well as the brick sign. The photo is taken from across the intersection of Third Street and Mountain Avenue. There is bell tower on top of the church. This is a color version of the black and white photograph in Object ID 1976.38.35.

    1981.75.11

    Record Type: Photo