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1. Dog Mouth Fountain.1975 - A black and white photograph of the Dog Mouth Fountain, fire call box and fire hydrant. Fountain was still standing in the same location in 2011.

   1976.38.11

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Dog Mouth Fountain.1975 - A black and white photograph of the Dog Mouth Fountain in downtown Roanoke. Fountain was still standing in the same location in 2011.

   1976.38.12

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Golden Jubilee Banquet Souvenir Program - January 31, 1934

   Leatherbound program for the Golden Jubilee Banquet held on January 31, 1934, celebrating fifty years of Roanoke's existence, 1884-1934. The banquet was held at Hotel Roanoke, with dinner, a toast by Junius Fishburn, and extemporaneous talks by Roanoke's pioneering citizens. The banquet honored Roanoke's pioneering citizens The program is bound with a gold string, and on the inside contains a print of the "Dog Mouth Fountain" with the followi...

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Mountain Park

   Color postcard of Mountain Park in Roanoke. Several park benches sit on a gravel pathway leading to a small circular pond. Several buildings can be seen in the background. Addressed to Mr. F. H. Ayers in Charlotte, North Carolina, and postmarked on July 6, 1910.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Mountain Park and Casino

   Black and white postcard of Mountain Park and Casino in Roanoke. The right edge of the postcard has been left white. At the center of the postcard, there's a small pond with a foundtain, and several women in white with large hats and parasols gather around it. Pathways lead from the pond in several directions, and a pavilion can be seen behind the trees. A building sits in the far background at the left. Unused postcard.

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Sherwood Memorial Garden - A photograph of a concept drawing of the Sherwood Memorial Gardens in Sherwood Park, Salem, Virginia. The drawing is of a courtyard with porticos at left and right. In the center courtyard, there is a rectangular pond with a fountain, surrounded little rectangular areas of trees. In the distance, there are regular intervals of rounded trees in front of a mountain. In the lower right hand corner, under a statue, is a signature - C.C. Butler. On the reverse, someone has typed 'The stage area, left center, has ben completed. The crypts and memorial to the war dead are the next on the program development.'

   1981.77.17

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. World's Tallest Indoor Sand Castle Postcard - 1993

   Color postcard of a tall sand castle taken at a slightly odd angle, looking upward to the ceiling of a building. Trees frame the sand casle, and a balcony railing can be seen in the background. On the reverse, the card reads: World's Tallest Indoor Sand Castle Build by Sand Sculptors International, April 15-28, 1993 24' 6" tall from teh bottom of the fountain; 250 tons of sand. Card was never sent, and was printed by Valley View Mall.

   Record Type: Archive