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Baby Mattie Hancock with Doll, 1918 - A black and white photograph of Mattie Louise Hancock (later Mrs. Basil D. Warren) at the age of 16 months (circa 1918) in front of her home at 331 Church Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia. She is dressed in a child's version of a Red Cross nurse's uniform. Her doll is dressed as a World War I infantryman and his head is bandaged. The doll is lying on a pillow and she is caring for him. The inscription on the back of the photograph indicates that she is tending to a "soldier" who was wounded in France.

2009.20.01

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Historical Society of Western Virginia Newsletter - September/October 2010

Historical Society of Western Virginia September/October 2010 newsletter. Newsletter includes highlights of the Museums and Historical Society activities. The newsletter talks about the museum's two separate upcoming tours to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Danville, as well as upcoming exhibits and events, including the Flood of 85 exhibit, War & Pieces - a lecture by Navona Hart, a lecture on tips for finding, documenting, and protecting cemeteri...

Record Type: Archive

Newspaper article. - May 1966

An undated newspaper article, most likely from a Roanoke, Virginia newspaper, is titled "The Background of Cherry Hill." The article recalls the efforts of Junius P. Fishburn in founding the Roanoke Fine Arts Center in the fall of 1951. The founding of a Fine Arts Center and the Junior League of Roanoke Valley's participation.

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Norfolk & Western Magazine - July 1928

July 1928 edition of the Norfolk & Western Magazine. Cover image is a landscape of the railroad tracks in front of farmers gathing hay. One man is in a horse drawn cart, while the other pulls hay from the ground. On the cover is written 'Harvest Time! Cross Crossings Cautiously" Magazine contains a number of articles, including the article on the Roanoke Life-Saving Crew, run by Captain J.S. Wise.

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Photograph album of May Day pageants at Virginia College - 1916-1928

This album contains photographs of May Day programs staged by the students of Virginia College during the period 1916-1928. These programs or pageants were standard fare at women's colleges each spring, the high point of each pageant being the crowning of the Queen of the May. Each pageant typically featured a large cast engaged in dancing, singing, and some elocution. The basic theme of the pageants at Virginia College was the change of seasons;...

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Red Cross Canteen Workers - A black and white photograph of Red Cross Canteen workers serving refreshments to military personnel at the train station in Roanoke, Virginia, as a troop train stops during World War I. This photograph is very similar to Object ID 1982.22.3.

1982.22.5

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Red Cross Canteen Workers - A black and white photograph of Red Cross canteen workers serving refreshments to military personnel at the train station in Roanoke, Virginia, as a troop train stops during World War I. This photograph is very similar to Object ID 1982.22.5.

1982.22.3

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Red Cross Volunteers - A black and white photograph of Red Cross workers taken circa 1919. The following narrative was taken from http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/roanww1.htm: The Roanoke chapter was organized in July 1916. The chapter secured headquarters in the Hammond Building on South Jefferson Street, and opened them, equipped for work, and organized on February 22, 1917. It was the first chapter in the State to open headquarters for work. The headquarters were in a large new building, conveniently and centrally located. The use of this building was given the Roanoke Red Cross free of charge for the entire period of the war and until the spring of 1919, by the Hammond Printing & Lithograph Works. The electricity for lighting and for the electric motors and tile cutting machines was furnished without cost by the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company. Prior to securing the Hammond Building as headquarters for the Red Cross work, the home of Mrs. T. S. Davant was given over to the use of a committee of fifteen women who came daily to sew, and who, with the aid of five sewing machines, made numbers of articles.

1982.22.4

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Red Cross Volunteers in front of Canteen Station, Roanoke, VA. WWI - This is a picture of Red Cross Volunteers in front of the Canteen Station in Roanoke, Va. The picture was taken sometime around World War One, and contains many nurses with only a few potential soldiers.

1981.74

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Red Cross Volunteers, World War I - In the photograph is a row of nine Red Cross volunteer women during World War I. Harriet Smith Eades is posing on the right. Each woman is wearing a head cap with a veil in the back. A red cross is on the center of each head cap. The dresses the women are wearing are long with an A-line skirt with a large rectangular pocket. The dresses are belted in with a white sash around the waist. Underneath the wide collar is the red cross emblem. The dresses have long sleeves. The women's shoes are either white or black but all are wearing high heels. In the row each woman is holding to the waist of the woman in front of her. Their hair is pulled back away from their faces. No one is wearing jewelry or decorations. There are several trees in the background. The image is a black and white print.

1990.69.799

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Red Cross Volunteers, World War I, Roanoke Virginia - Six female volunteers for the Red Cross in Roanoke, Virginia, during World War I (circa 1917). The volunteers are holding American flags and wearing white uniforms with the Red Cross emblem on their caps. Signs with the slogan "every little bit helps," hang from the booth. Flags of Great Britain, France, and New Zealand or Australia hang from the booth.

1990.69.855

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Roanoke 1996: Celebrating the Photography of George C. Davis, the Man Who Captured Roanoke's History in Black and White. - 1996

A calendar of black and white images of Roanoke's history, celebrating the photography of George C. Davis. Presented by the Roanoke Valley Historical Society and Museum.

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Roanoke Red Cross Volunteers, World War I - A black and white photograph of the Red Cross volunteers of Roanoke, Virginia during World War I. The only person identified in the photograph is Alice Franklin Glass, front row, sixth from the right (marked with an "x").

1990.69.357

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The Roanoke Times - January 23, 1931

Sections of the Friday morning, January 23, 1931, issue of the Roanoke Times. Issue covers a number of headlines for the state, but no declaration of a big news headliner.

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