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Photos: African Americans in 1899 Richmond Taken for World’s Fair Exhibition
Since it's Black History Month and I've been raiding the Library of Congress website, I thought I would share these awesome photos of the African-American community in Richmond from 1899. You see, in 1900 there was a World's Fair held in Paris and WEB Dubois, Thomas...
Mayo’s Bridge – RVA’s Oldest Infrastructure
If you are visiting Richmond, you wouldn't look twice at it. If you live here, you've probably been across it several times. With so many spans across the James River, it may seem inconsequential. But the bridge on 14th Street that connects RVA North of the James to...
Richmond Links – History, Current Events, and Other Sites of Interest
For this post, rather than writing about some historical aspect of the City, I thought I would point you to some resources that I use and follow to learn about Richmond History. On here are some blogs, some articles, some resources for historic research, current event...
Dr. William Foushee – Remarkable Richmonders
Largely forgotten by history outside of Richmond history buffs, Dr. William Foushee was Richmond's first Mayor, first citizen, and very much a contemporary of famous founders such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and was held in similar high regard. Dr....
Historical Hobbies: Antique Bottle Collecting
One man’s trash from 100 years ago, is another man’s treasure today. Today’s topic is antique bottle collecting as a hobby. Richmond has a deep history. This history is preserved and bequeathed by official entities such as university historians, museums, historic...
Be a Tourist in Your Own City
I often have to go to different places either for business purposes or just personal purposes and I tell people what I do. The most common thing that I hear (other than: "wait, so how do you make money?") is "You know, I have never been here for X number of years and...
“De Sun Do Move” by Reverend John Jasper – Remarkable Richmonders
With some interesting logic, Reverend John Jasper of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church managed to preach a sermon so compelling that it connected Whites and African-Americans across the United States in appreciation of a Bible-based logical argument to prove that the...
Italianate | Architectural Styles of Richmond
The next article in the Richmond Tour Guys Free Walking Tour of Richmond series on architectural styles of Richmond is on the Italianate style. Last time we talked about the Greek Revival Style. Italianate is the architectural craze that dethroned it as the style du...
Greek Revival Architecture – Architectural Styles of Richmond
This is post number one about architectural styles of Richmond, a series which, you guessed it, covers the various architectural styles of Richmond! You ever notice all of those doric columns that exist all over Richmond? Perhaps public buildings that look a lot like...