Manchester License Plate
Learn the story about this tin license plate on Out of the Box – Notes from the Archives of the Library of Virginia.
Archive for “Richmond Past”
Virginia Historical Society’s An American Turning Point
Earlier this I week had the pleasure of getting a sneak peek at the Virginia Historical Society’s new exhibit “An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia“. The exhibit is a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. To put it mildly the exhibit is stunning. I do have a [...]
Richmond Past: Horse Abuse at the Park
Interesting description and detail about Forest Hill Park from the July 9th 1901 issue of the Richmond Dispatch. [singlepic id=197 w=420 h=340 float=] Full page can be found here: Richmond Dispatch July 9, 1901
Richmond Past: Woodland Heights Fort
K.C. Howell former resident of Woodland Heights has done some marvelous research into a civil war fort that was right in our midst. Italicized text are my additions as are the images. Thanks K.C. for doing the research and letting us share this with the Hills and Heights Community. Click on any of the images [...]
Nickel Bridge Postcard
Not much of a news article but Nickle Bridge was mentioned in the paper so I am using it as an excuse to post an old postcard. The bridge was mentioned as having some of the worst potholes in the city. There are some immediately south of the Boulevard Bridge (Nickel Bridge) in the northbound [...]
Richmond Past: Forest Hill Amusement Park
The land that we know as Forest Hill Park was purchased by the Richmond & Manchester Railway Co. in 1890. This was part of a general movement of the various Richmond trolley companies to spread out from the city core and service the housing developments the trolley companies had built outside of the city. The [...]
