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1. Blue Ridge Parkway - The First 50 Years - 1985

   Book cover for "Blue Ridge Parkway - The First 50 Years," a pictoral history book published in 1985 by longtime park historian Harley E. Jolley. Reproduced from the original in the possession of Kaye Anne Davis Aikins.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Forest Inn, Gate House, and Pavilion - A promotional cabinet card of the Forest Inn, Gate House, and Pavilion in Natural Bridge, Virginia. Photograph is mounted on a black card with gold painted beveled edges. The bottom edge of the card reads: Among the Mountains, Natural Bridge, VA. The photograph shows a dirt road enclosed by wooden fence that leads to at least four hotel buildings, all with large wrap around balconies and porches. A small gatehouse sits at the center foreground. Mountains frame the hotels in the background. The reverse of the card has a paragraph about Natural Bridge and its beauty.

   2023.33.39

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Huff Farm - Watercolor print of the Huff Farm, now the location of Valley View Mall. John Will Creasy did a series of the farm just prior to it's sale in 1981.

   2020.10

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Natural Bridge, Virginia, Down Stream - A promotional cabinet card of Natural Bridge. Photograph is mounted on a black card with gold painted beveled edges. The bottom edge of the card reads: Natural Bridge, Virginia, Down Stream. The photograph shows the bridge with horses and people standing in the stream that runs under the bridge. A small wooden bridge runs across the stream and the ruocks.. The reverse of the card has a paragraph about Natural Bridge and its beauty.

   2023.33.40

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Natural Bridge, Virginia, Up Stream - A promotional cabinet card of Natural Bridge. Photograph is mounted on a black card with gold painted beveled edges. The bottom edge of the card reads: Natural Bridge, Virginia, Up Stream. The photograph shows the bridge with a single person standing underneath the bridge on a large fallen tree. The reverse of the card has a paragraph about Natural Bridge and its beauty.

   2023.33.41

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Roads of Romance in Virginia from the Mountains to the Sea - 1931

   The booklet cover shows a tree lined path with the whole thing tinged green. The full title is "Roads of Romance in Virginia From the Mountains to the Sea". It was copyrighted and created by the State-Planter's Bank and Trust Company 1931 to promote tourism in Virginia. The book uses the work of the State Conservation and Development Commission for accuracy. The booklet has many pages dedicated to the roads of Virginia.

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. South Roanoke - The foreground of the photo is an empty field with power lines scattered around it followed by a house complex that is fenced in. Then there is another field with trees and bushes that merges into a mountain covered in trees.

   1964.11.53

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Trolley stop at American Viscose - The trolley stop at the American Viscose Corporation's Roanoke facility during the lunch period with trolley cars and workers in the foreground and a portion of the plant and the river in the background. Most of the figures in the photograph are wearing coats indicating cooler weather.

   1998.24.584

   Record Type: Photo