Occasionally we have researchers who want to know what fashion was like in a certain place in Virginia during a certain time. It might be…
Ginny DunnMarch 4, 2024
As promised in previous posts, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. In honor of the centennial…
Vince BrooksJune 13, 2018
On a Monday, in late May, 1900, a corner of Virginia, under clear skies, experienced not the partial eclipse we’ll experience here in the Commonwealth,…
Henry MorseAugust 18, 2017
Editor's note: As promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our archives. The…
Vince BrooksMarch 15, 2017
The iron law of journalism: you can’t pursue civic virtues if you don’t make money. From our digital archive Virginia Chronicle (now at almost 700,000 pages!)…
Henry MorseApril 8, 2016
Some things in life never change. Seasons, hunger, sleep, and calamity are constants which prove that the world repeats itself. Relationships are no different. For…
Sherri BagleyMarch 16, 2016
It’s September 16, 1873 in the sleepy town of Staunton, Virginia. You can only imagine a reader’s excitement at turning to page three of the Staunton…
Kelley EwingSeptember 2, 2015
It’s been a while, but as promised in a previous post, here’s another look at some of the plethora of letterheads and stationery found in our…
Claire RadcliffeAugust 19, 2015
Emblematic of Cold War era America, these anti-socialist advertisements for the Virginia Electric and Power Company appear in issues of the Fairfax Herald from the 1950s.…
Anne McCreryAugust 3, 2015
Between 1883 and 1909 six of the seven newspapers that ever claimed Bowling Green as home appeared, and then disappeared, after publishing for no more…
Henry MorseMarch 10, 2015
p.s. One more from 1958. Something to consider when you’re deciding whether to leave your phone in your pocket or on the Thanksgiving table…
Henry MorseNovember 24, 2014
This is the second part of a series looking at tobacco advertising in the student newspaper, The Richmond Collegian, published at the University of Richmond. View…
Silver PersingerSeptember 25, 2014
The Richmond Collegian, the student newspaper from the University of Richmond, provides a unique opportunity to look at state of the art advertising from the…
Silver PersingerAugust 27, 2014
A chancery case from Frederick County looked like any other business dispute except for a unique item presented as an exhibit. Columbia Wagon Company vs. John…
Joanne PorterApril 23, 2014
