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VCU Libraries Program on Early 20th Richmond Photographs of Harris H. Stilson, 2pm, Tuesday, May 22, 2014, at the James Branch Cabell Library
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Free and open to the PublicWhen
 May 22 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

<http://www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2013-14/from-a-richmond-streetcar.html#>

Where

*Multipurpose Room, Second Floor, James Branch Cabell Library *
901 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA
23284<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=901%20Park%20Avenue,%20Richmond,%20VA%2023284>
Description

Harris H. Stilson (1868–1934), a Richmond streetcar motorman and amateur
photographer, took scores of photographs around Richmond from 1909 through
1934. Many of these were taken along the Virginia Railway and Power Co.
street car line that ran from W. Leigh Street near Hermitage Road, along
Clay Street and east to Chimborazo Hill. The activities of Richmonders,
including many African Americans, who lived and worked in the Newtown,
Carver and Jackson Ward neighborhoods were extensively documented by
Stilson. Today, his photographs offer us a unique look into Richmond's past.

Kitty Snow, great granddaughter of Stilson, will discuss these photographs
and share some of her research into the people and places seen in them.
Snow has published two books on Richmond history featuring Stilson's
photographs alongside her detailed records of the memories of numerous
Richmond residents whose friends and family members are featured in the
images. After the presentation, Snow's two books, *From A Richmond
Streetcar: Life Through the Lens* *of Harris Stilson* and *On the West Clay
Line*, both published in 2013, will be for sale. Refreshments will be
served.

The event is free and open to all. Parking is available for a fee in the West
Broad Street <http://www.maps.vcu.edu/monroepark/broadstdeck/>, West Main
Street <http://www.maps.vcu.edu/monroepark/wmainparking/> and West Cary
Street <http://www.maps.vcu.edu/monroepark/carystdeck/> parking decks. If
special accommodations are needed, please call (804) 828-0593 prior to May
20.




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Ray Bonis
Archives Coordinator
Special Collections and Archives
James Branch Cabell Library
VCU Libraries
901 Park Ave. VCU Box 842033
Richmond, VA 23284-2033

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