Rise and Shine
From the National Geographic Tumblr Found: Cars parked at a drive-in theater with a 53-foot wide screen in Alexandria, Virginia, December 1941. Photography by J. Baylor Roberts, National Geographic While… Read More»
Tag: Virginiana
Say It Again!
An advertisement for Virginia Dare wine, from the December 14, 1942, issue of Life magazine.
Springtime in Virginia
Springtime in Virginia, oil on canvas, Nicolai Cikovsky (Charleston Renaissance Gallery)
Carry Me Back
An advertisement for Colonial Williamsburg, from the May 22, 1944, issue of Life magazine.
You Horrible Creatures!
From the February 11, 1946, issue of Life magazine: the return to Virginia of Nancy Langhorne Astor, the Virginian who became Britain’s first woman to sit in Parliament. “Oh, there… Read More»
A Nation at War
A party at the Virginia Military Institute, from the December 22, 1941, issue of Life magazine. The caption reads: Cadets and girls sit one out in Jackson Memorial hall under… Read More»
Numbers 21:6
From the July 3, 1944, issue of Life magazine: faith healers in southwestern Virginia. RE THE POST’S TITLE: Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people… Read More»
A Little Kiss for the General
“General” Julius Franklin Howell with Mary Pickford (top) and Helen Longstreet (bottom), from the February 16, 1948, issue of Life magazine, which featured the 102nd birthday party thrown for the… Read More»
Spelunk
From the August 7, 1950, issue of Life magazine, a feature on Virginia caves. To see a larger version of the image, either click on the link or on the… Read More»
Posers
Consecutive pages from the August 19, 1946, issue of Life magazine: ROBERT EDWARD LEE IV: Today Lee descendants are scattered all over the U.S. Robert Edward Lee IV (above) is… Read More»
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