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1. Wooden chest of drawers with a marble top. Empire style with rounded features. Also has wooden stands that were nailed to the back which held a mirror.

   1972.06.07

   Record Type: Object

   
2. A Girl's Life In Virginia before the War - 1895

   Pages 68 through 87 of a book titled "A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War". It mentions three estates: -- "Oaklands" was the plantation home of the Watts family. It notes many of the fine things including food (viands) and hospitality to be found there. Also included is the story of a vision that came to the eldest daughter just before her wedding. -- "Buena Vista" was a residence of elegance presided over by a gentleman widower and his d...

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Belmont Girl Scouts - A black and white photograph of the Belmont Girl Scouts taken in 1941 in front of Buena Vista in Roanoke, Virginia. The two girls in center front are in different uniforms designating that they are Brownies and thus not old enough to be a Girl Scout. There are three adult leaders on the back row.

   1990.69.849

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Boys and Girls Ice Skating - A black and white photograph of boys and girls ice skating probably at Rogers Pond on the Tayloe - Rogers Place near the homeplace known as "Buena Vista", circa 1900. On the reverse of the photo the children are identified from left to right as follows: Madison Dunlap, Jennie Watts (Jean Watts), Dan Royer, Rebecca Macdowell, Stuart Royer, Mary Stuart Cocke, Mary Churchill, Tiny Bransford in white dress, Dick MacDowell, Alice Izard, unknown individual, Tom Bransford, and Lynn Hammond.

   1977.27.23

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Buena Vista Making Recovery - November 13, 1985

   Section taken from the News-Gazette in Lexington, Virginia, concerning the Flood of 1985. The woman photographed, Mrs. Earl Bartlette, of Magnolia Avenue, Buena Vista, discusses how she was hit by Hurricane Camille in 1969, and the Flood of 1985 was worse.

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Buena Vista N&W Underpass - Black and white photograph of the Buena Vista overpass. A road cuts through the center of a low bridge, marked with 'Norfolk & Western Railway) across the middle of the trestle. Arched doorways flank the left and the right of the underpass, with a sidewalk only emanating from the left entryway. Taken at the center of the roadway, no cars or trains visible.

   2024.32.46

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Girls With Ice Skates - A cyanotype photograph of four young girls with ice skates standing on the railroad tracks while on their way to Rogers Pond at Buena Vista (also known as the Tayloe-Rogers Place) for ice skating. They are identified from left to right as follows: Sara Coxe (later Mrs. T. C. Fisher), Alice Izard (later Mrs. Curzan Huffman), Jean Watts (later Mrs. A. P. Staples), and Rebecca McDowell [sic-Macdowell is correct spelling] (later Mrs. J. R. Garrett).

   1967.23.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Keepsake Magazine of the Flood of 1969 - 1969

   Keepsake magazine published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on the Flood of 1969. The newspaper showcases photographs and articles covering the central and southwest portion of the state and the devastation of Hurricane Camille.

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Maid of the Mountains Yearbook - 1906

   Black suede covered yearbook, titled Maid of the Mountains, which is written in gold impressed lettering across the center of the cover. Book endpapers are a deep violet or navy blue. This edition is Volume II, MCMVI, published by the Students of Souther Seminary, located in Buena Vista, Virginia. Yearbook is filled with photographs, stories, poems, drawings, club and social organizations, as well as class listings from the freshman to senior...

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Rosa Matilda Tayloe - A color photo of an original oil painting painted at Buena Vista in Roanoke, Virginia, of Rosa Matilda Tayloe (1839-1880). Miss Tayloe was the daughter of George Plater Tayloe (1804-1897) and Mary Elizabeth Langhorne Tayloe. She married her first cousin Edward Thornton Tayloe (1829-1881).

    1990.69.826

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Scrapbook of Buena Vista - c. 1940s

    Scrapbook made from once black paper, folded and stapled together to create a makesift photo album. One photo per page inserted with plastic photo corners, with each being a square green-tinted image of Buena Vista. The scrapbook contains photos of the exterior of the house, one interior image, and images of the grounds, to include an image of a barn and pastures. This looks to be a more modern creation, with images taken of images, and then...

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Speech: Roanoke's Colonial Background - n.d.

    Speech written by Lyl Palmer and delivered to a committee of Dames. The speech tells the early colonial history of Roanoke, and those individuals who traveled and settled the area.

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. 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

    
14. Victorian side chair - Wooden Victorian side chair with a burgundy-velvet cushion attached with staples and burgundy thread.

    1982.101.09

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Wooden wall-box-holder for bills. - Wall box used for holding bills. It is made of wood and metal. Attached to the holder is a paper label imprinted with the following: "No. 1, National Bill Holder,...." The box is from the Buena Vista plantation of Tayloe Rogers. 19th-20th century, American.

    1972.06.15

    Record Type: Object