Liberty Loan bond drive in United States during World War 1. Large crowd gathered at a street in downtown Richmond, Virginia. World War I military equipment from ' Victory Loan' Train including vehicles and artillery parade on a street. A large mobile searchlight is seen and soldiers in a covered truck, followed by a truck pulling an artillery piece. People gathered on both sides of the street to watch the parade.
Equestiran statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia (The Virginia Washington Monument). Various statues. People pass at roadside. The Virginia State Capitol building. A squirrel eats. Cars in lot in front of Old First Baptist Church (Greek Revival designed by Thomas Walter at northwest corner of 12th Street and East Broad Street. Note cupola over portico, which was later removed. The building later became the Hunton Student Center of Virginia Commonwealth University). New construction underway of another building beside the church. View down Broad Street. Cars pass at nearby intersection. A horse cart on a road with an African American driver, parked in front of the H. W. Rountree & Bro. Trunk and Bag Company located at 201 – 217 North Fourteenth Street. Scene changes to a long view down Broad Street. Next scene is sign that reads "White House of Confederacy Entrance on Clay Street". View of the back porch columns at the White House of the Confederacy. African American men on a horse cart pass by a parked streetcar or trolley. Another horse cart approaches, with two African American people on it. The cart is loaded with boxes. It passes by Triangle Service Station and then near a parked streetcar.
Buildings in Richmond, Virginia. A car is driven down Three Chopt Road (or Three Notch'd Road) in Richmond. View of the Country Club of Virginia (The CCV or Virginia Country Club) as seen from entrance driveway. Several large homes and estates in the Richmond area. Water gushes through spillways at a pumping station as a military guard stands by (slate indicates it is "Well guarded from German plotters" as footage is from World War I).
Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The Old City Hall of Richmond, Virginia is seen in the background. A sign on the highway reads 'Colored tourists stop at McGuire's Hotel' (example of Jim Crow racial segregation laws). A view of the restaurant for colored people only. State Capitol with City Hall in the background. Several other buildings in view.
International exchange of CAP (Civil Air Patrol) cadets in Richmond, Virginia. An old man briefs CAP cadets at St. Johns Church. A stained-glass window with an inscription that reads ' St. John's 1741'. The cadets look at the exteriors of the church. They look at the Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States). They move down the stairs with the Capitol in the background. The cadets look at the equestrian statue of George Washington in the George Washington Monument (Capitol Square, Richmond, VA 23219, United States).
Elevated aerial views of buildings in the city of Richmond in the early 20th century. A street in the business district. Streetcars and automobile traffic on the street. People on a street in Richmond, Virginia. A sign on a building reads 'Kaufman Co. Millinery'. A policeman in a traffic control booth at an intersection. People at an outdoor florist shop in Richmond.
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