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• new moon -- who's with me?

  —the midnight society. blog.

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  As a longtime fan of most things vampirish in nature and also a longtime fan of cheesy teen dramas, I am of course very excited for the release of New Moon on Friday, 11.20.09. Have you seen the lovely photo shoot for Vanity Fair [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:14am EST
  by Tess

• happy (next) halloween!

  —the midnight society. blog.

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  I'm back! Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween...as you know, I believe it's never too early to say Happy Halloween and start preparing for the next one (less than 12 months to go, people!). If you haven't seen the Midnight Society's Guide to Haunted [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:43am EST
  by Tess

• "Votes for Women" - 100th Anniv. Celebration of the founding of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in Richmond on Nov. 20, 1909.

  —The Shockoe Examiner

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  The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia led the movement in Virginia for [...]

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:21am EST
  by T. Tyler Potterfield -- Ray Bonis--Catherine L. Easterling--Selden Richardson

• Annual Postcard Show and Sale, Nov. 13 and Nov. 14, Comfort Inn, 3200 W. Broad St.

  —The Shockoe Examiner

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  Postcard image of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, ca. 1925.The history of Sixth Mount Zion is portrayed on this oversize card.The church is located at 14 W. Duval Street having barely survived the construction of the Richmond-Petersburg Pike (Interstate 95) in 1956.
  
  
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 3:16pm EDT
  by T. Tyler Potterfield -- Ray Bonis--Catherine L. Easterling--Selden Richardson

• VCU's Annual Architectural Symposium, Nov. 13, 2009

  —The Shockoe Examiner

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  Smith and Anthony Stove Co. of Boston Trade Cards, 1880s
  Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries
  The Boston iron manufacturer is one of the topics
  to be discussed at this year's Symposium.
  
  Annual Architectural Studies Symposium
  "Traditions--I"
  Friday, 13 November, 2009
  9:00 am - 3:30' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:09am EDT
  by T. Tyler Potterfield -- Ray Bonis--Catherine L. Easterling--Selden Richardson

• Steamer Company Number Five building, Jackson Ward - A Brief History

  —The Shockoe Examiner

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  Then and Now - the Steamer Company Number 5 building
  in Jackson Ward - click on the images for larger views.
  
  Jackson Ward’s Gallery Five [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:41am EDT
  by T. Tyler Potterfield -- Ray Bonis--Catherine L. Easterling--Selden Richardson

• The Prestwould Apartment building, 612 W. Franklin St., image by Charles W. Smith, from Richmond Magazine, December, 1928.

  —The Shockoe Examiner

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  The Prestwould Apartment building, 612 W. Franklin St.,
  image by Charles W. Smith, from the Richmond Magazine, December, 1928.
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  We haven't posted in a while so here's a quick one of a great looking print of a building you may know.' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 3:08pm EDT
  by T. Tyler Potterfield -- Ray Bonis--Catherine L. Easterling--Selden Richardson