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Title |
Roanoke City Farm, 1946 |
Description |
A black and white photograph of a view across part of Roanoke City Farm, showing the Pest House, built to isolate and treat victims of the dreaded smallpox. Also visible on the left is a tenant's house, which burned about 1959. An unidentified building is at the extreme left. When this photograph was taken in April 1946, preparations were being made for temporary housing for returning GI's from World War II. The City Farm and Pest House were located on what was called "Poor House Road", now Colonial Avenue. |
Object ID |
1974.20.10 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Ragland, R. H. |
Date |
1946 |
Year Range from |
1946 |
Year Range to |
1946 |
Subjects |
Houses Farms Outbuildings Exteriors |
Search Terms |
Roanoke, Virginia Virginia Western Community College Pest House Roanoke City Farm Poor House Road Colonial Avenue |
Collection |
History Museum of Western Virginia |
Imagefile |
007\19742010-2.JPG |
Number of images |
1 |