Virginia Historic photos, documents, and people

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Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

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Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is cardroom boss, Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Location: Roanoke, Virginia.

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Home economics cottage. Girls learn the art of homemaking, how to sew, plan meals, cook and serve, what food to eat, how to entertain

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Arlington, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp project Interior of a single type trailer showing cooking facilities and couch which can be converted into a bed

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Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Interior of vocational shop where boys learn to repair farm machinery, carpentering and welding. Machine shop is a three-year course

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Keysville, Virginia. One of the teachers in the school helping her brother, a pupil, with his studies. He and his brother run a garage at night. All teachers in the school are local

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One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

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Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. Group of spinners, doffers, etc. All work. Some here are surely under fourteen, but not many. Location: Danville, Virginia.

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Noon-hour at the Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. Group of spinners, doffers, etc. All work. Some here are surely under fourteen, but not many. Location: Danville, Virginia.