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1. Aerial View, circa 1945 - Aerial view of Hotel Roanoke taken circa 1945, showing the gardens and the stone wall surrounding the hotel, as well as the tree-lined parking lots. Above the stone wall surrounding the park, there are flowering shrubs in bloom. The railroad tracks and trains are visible in the bottom right corner, along with a corner of the O. Winston Link Museum (then a train station). The Norfolk & Western Office Building, now the Roanoke Higher Education Building, is in the lower left side of the photograph as well as the old General Office Building, now condominiums. On the right side of the photograph is the American Legion Auditorium with parking lot.

   1998.24.198

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Commemorative Plate for the 75-year-jubilee of Roanoke, Virginia - Commemorative plate celebrating the 75-year jubilee of Roanoke, Virginia. 1957, American. The plate is white with black transfer prints. The middle of the plate has a picture of a steam locomotive on a track with people standing around it and mountains in the background. The following is printed in a circle around the image of the locomotive: "THE ROANOKE DIAMOND JUBILEE, 1882 1957, 75 Years of Progress." Along the outer rim of the plate are drawings featuring the following: "Street Scene 1882, Dogmouth Fountain, Early Street Scene, Hotel Roanoke, Mill Mountain and Star, First Theatre and Court House, First Street Car, First N & W Office Building, General Offices of Norfolk & Western, City Market, The Court House 1957, Vigilant Fire Station, and Big Lick's First Hotel."

   1988.134.01

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Hotel Roanoke, 1985 - A color photograph of Hotel Roanoke taken in 1985 from the south, showing Jefferson Street and the Franklin Road ramp over the Norfolk & Western Railroad tracks. On Jefferson Street, in the left of the photograph, are the Norfolk & Western Office buildings. In the distance can be seen St. Andrews Catholic Church and the High Street Baptist Church. Behind the hotel is the Roanoke Civic Center. In the lower right hand corner is the Morgan Eubank building. There is a brick entrance and exit to the underpass walkway going under the tracks. There are two advertising billboards next to the ramp. Tinker Mountain and Read Mountain are visible in the background.

   1998.24.219

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Hotel Roanoke, 1985 - A color photograph of Hotel Roanoke taken in 1985 from the south, showing the Franklin Road ramp over the Norfolk & Western Railroad tracks. In the distance can be seen St. Andrews Catholic Church and the High Street Baptist Church. Behind the hotel is the Roanoke Civic Center. In the lower right hand corner are two billboards, one for K92 radio station and the other for the US Navy. The exit from the underpass under the tracks is on the left side of the photograph. Tinker Mountain and Read Mountain are visible in the background.

   1998.24.220

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Hotel Roanoke with Gardens, circa 1936 - A late 1930s view of Hotel Roanoke looking up the hillside, showing the mature gardens and grounds. There is a stone wall in the front, and to the left can be seen the Norfolk & Western Offices Building. There is an American flag flying from a flagpole on the roof over the entrance to the hotel. The walls of the hotel are covered in ivy. There are two towers, one larger than the other, and several Tudor-style dormers in the building roofline.

   1998.24.200

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Jefferson Street - Black and photograph taken at a location on North Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia between the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. and Hotel Roanoke looking southward along Jefferson Street. Buildings on the right are Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. at 110-130 North Jefferson Street, Hotel Stratford at 106 North Jefferson Street, and the Norfolk & Western general office building at 16 North Jefferson Street. On the left is the wall surrounding the Hotel Roanoke property. Horses, buggies, and wagons are moving along the dirt street. The tall building in the distance on the left is the Terry Building at 207 South Jefferson Street. The railroad crossing gates are in the down position. A man wearing suspenders looks from the window of the Stone Printing building. This photograph appears to be a copy. The number "16837" appears in the image at the lower right corner. The lettering on the Stone Printing building appears to be enhanced. The lettering on the side of the building and the awning may have been added to the negative or the photograph after the picture was taken. This is an earlier print than that shown in object ID 1984.31.01. A black border has been added to the lettering on the building in this version of the photograph.

   1990.69.821

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Jefferson Street - Black and photograph taken at a location on North Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia between the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. and Hotel Roanoke looking southward along Jefferson Street. Buildings on the right are Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. at 110-130 North Jefferson Street, Hotel Stratford at 106 North Jefferson Street, and the Norfolk & Western general office building at 16 North Jefferson Street. On the left is the wall surrounding the Hotel Roanoke property. Horses, buggies, and wagons are moving along the dirt street. The tall building in the distance on the left is the Terry Building at 207 South Jefferson Street. The railroad crossing gates are in the down position. A man wearing suspenders looks from the window of the Stone Printing building. This photograph appears to be a copy. The word "Stone" and the number "16837" appear in the image at the lower right corner. The lettering on the Stone Printing building appears to be enhanced. The lettering on the side of the building and the awning may have been added to the negative or the photograph after the picture was taken.

   1984.31.01

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Looking North on Jefferson Street, 1931 - A black and white photograph looking north on Jefferson Street, a cityscape of downtown in the 1930s. The photograph was taken on June 26, 1931.

   2007.43.2

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Looking West Along Norfolk and Western Tracks, circa 1895 - A black and white photograph looking west along the Norfolk & Western railroad tracks and station. Norfolk Avenue is visible on the left side and, on the right, Shenandoah Avenue, Hotel Roanoke, and the first Norfolk & Western offices. This photograph was taken prior to 1896 when this Norfolk and Western office building burned.

   1964.11.38

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. President Franklin Roosevelt in Roanoke, 1934 - A black and white photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Roanoke on October 19, 1934 for the dedication of the Veterans Administration Hospital, now known as the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The photograph was taken at the intersection of the Norfolk & Western Railroad main line with Jefferson Street looking north along Jefferson Street with the general office buildings of the railroad in the background. At that time, Jefferson Street ran across the tracks with vehicular traffic controlled by crossing gates. Roosevelt had arrived by special train and is seen waving from the rear platform of his railroad car with crowds of people in the background and a motorcade forming in the foreground. Roosevelt rode in a parade in an open touring car accompanied by Governor George C. Peery and Congressman Clifton A. Woodrum. The dedication ceremony took place at the veterans facility which was located in Roanoke County at the time, but is now located in the City of Salem. Woodrum who had represented the Sixth District of Virginia since 1923 was primarily responsible for bringing this federal facility to the Roanoke area. See "Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia, A Southern Progressive in Congress, 1923-1945" by James A . Sargent, Volume 89, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, page 350, and Raymond Barnes "History of the City of Roanoke", page 748.

    1990.69.975

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. View from the southeast showing Norfolk & Western office buildings - Hotel Roanoke in the 1930s, viewed from the southeast, showing cars parked at the bottom of the hill across from the entrance sign over the gate in the stone wall that surrounds the hotel park. To the left, in the distance, can be seen the Norfolk and Western Offices Building and the General Office Building.

    1990.69.220

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Welcome Arch for United Commercial Travelers Convention, 1904 - A black and white photograph of the welcome arch built for the United Commercial Travelers convention held in Roanoke, Virginia from May 26-28,1904. The arch was located at Jefferson Street at the Norfolk & Western crossing. The view is looking north, with Barnes Drugstore on the right, the Norfolk & Western office building on left, and Hotel Roanoke in the background. The Order of United Commercial Travelers of America (UCT) is a fraternal benefit society founded in 1888 in Columbus, Ohio, by eight traveling salesmen (commercial or business travelers rather than vacation or tourist purposes) for the purpose of providing accident insurance for traveling salesmen, protecting the rights of its members and aiding those dependent upon them.

    1964.11.39

    Record Type: Photo