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.
The R. E. Lee Camp No. 1, Confederate Soldiers Home Memorial Building is a National Historic Landmark, Civil War Historic site in Richmond, Virginia. Confederate Veterans who fought in America's Civil War pose outside 'Fleming Hall', the R.E. Lee Camp No. 1, Confederate Soldier's Home Museum building and headquarters. The next scene shows all the Camp's veterans assembled for the cleaning a civil war artillery cannon. 'Fleming Hall' can be seen in the distance on the left. It was established as the first Confederate Soldiers Home in December 1884. In the center distance is the 1885 'Pegram Hall' barracks, named to memorialize two brothers who were killed in battle. Behind the veteran in the next scene, is the meeting hall named 'Randolph Hall' on the left, which was built in 1885 and appears with 'Cooke Hall' barracks built in 1894. The latter has a two-story balcony used as first and second floor rocking chair porches, facing the Boulevard to the right. (The United Daughters of the Confederacy national headquarters now stands on the site, facing the Boulevard, where 'Cooke Hall', the 1893 'Soldiers Home hospital' and 'Pegram Hall' once stood.) The President Jefferson Davis Monument seen, is located on Monument Avenue. Confederate monuments and memorials grace each intersection throughout its entire length, to honor fallen Confederate officers, as prescribed in the code of the City of Richmond at the request of the Stonewall Jackson Camp Number 981, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Last segment shows Richmond's Star Fort number ten of the Inter-city-defenses that guard the left flank of old Deep Run Turnpike (now named Broad Street). The canon seen to the right behind the Star-fort breast works is the Monument Avenue landmark for the site that exists today just east of President Davis' Monument.
Thomas Jefferson's life in Richmond, Virginia. Illustrations depict parties. Portraits of Thomas Jefferson on a wall. Sketches of the State Capitol building designed by Thomas Jefferson. People walking outside the Virginia State Capitol building (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States). Interiors of the building. Portraits of Jefferson on the walls. Furniture and mirrors.
African American men wearing hats come down steps of the 2nd Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. A woman with two children. Pastor J T Hill greets congregation emerging from Second Baptist Church. An African American man stands at a building. President William J Clark of Virginia Union University talks with Pastor Hill.
Buildings in Richmond, Virginia. Union Railroad Station. Wordings on the building read 'Union Station of Richmond'. A Jim Crow racial segregation sign on a building reads "Colored Entrance". A section of station for African American people. Automobiles parked in front of the station. View of a street. Vehicular traffic on the street. Pedestrians cross the street. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. People get down from the streetcars. Busy intersection of the street.
Former Capitol of Confederacy Building Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. A garden in front of the office. A sign reads 'White House of Confederacy'. A bus depot with sign "Colored Waiting Room" (Jim Crow signage). People walk along Broad Street. Pedestrians cross the street. Vehicular traffic in the background.
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