I would recommend that you get in touch with the Virginia Historical
Society in Richmond to see if they are interested.  They have a large
exhibit dealing with Virginia culture. 

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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Day
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:16 PM
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Subject: old polling place

I have just gotten a call from someone here in Albemarle County (son of
a former sherrif) who has, in a field he would like to plow, a portable
polling place.  This is a wood-frame structure with a tin roof, about
7'x12', that was drawn by horseback and set up in a public place.  The
owner remembers his father setting and manning the polling place as late
as the 1940s.

Any takers?  Suggestions?  Next stop, eBay.  Actually, in two weeks it
becomes kindling.

--
Dr. Douglas Day
Executive Director
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society 200 Second St., NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-296-1492
www.albemarlehistory.org

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