By Ciana Young, ’17 On October 18, 1905, Theodore Roosevelt made history as he rode into Richmond, Virginia. His stop in the city was only one leg of his grand tour of the Southern states. On October 18th, President Theodore Roosevelt gave five speeches; three in Richmond, one in Fredericksburg, and an additional oration in Ashland, Virginia. In 2016, it would seem the obvious move … Continue reading The Making of White Southern Republicans
People have traveled for millennia. But tourism, or travel for recreation, is a relatively new idea. Early nineteenth-century observers coined the word “sightseeing” to capture the growing popularity of traveling to destinations and touring recognized “sights.” Modern tourism emerged in Richmond after the Civil War. Guidebooks by city boosters instructed visitors about what to see–and what was worth seeing. Postcards offered a way to … Continue reading Tourism & Richmond
Though a city known for selling its historic past, Richmond has also been home to industry giants such as Reynolds Metals, Phillip Morris, and Capital One. Richmond is remembered for being a cigarette industry town, which is captured in the postcards displayed of laborers and the Philip Morris and Liggett & Myers buildings. Richmond fights to assume a persona of opportunity and mobility. The postcards … Continue reading City of Commerce
Richmond has long promoted itself as a cultural destination of the South, beckoning visitors with a variety of leisure opportunities. The postcards displayed here are images of Richmond throughout the years encompassing visitors’ journeys. We see cards from luxurious hotels like the Jefferson and the John Marshall. Images of the Lubin and Bijou theaters, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Mosque (now the … Continue reading City of Leisure
Richmond is the city of Monument Avenue and Jackson Ward, the Lost Cause and the Civil Rights struggle. It is, in short, a city with many histories. Richmonders have often presented their city as a place where visitors can travel back into the past. The “Old Virginia capitol of Richmond…offers you escape, not only in miles but in time!,” declared a city guidebook of 1947. … Continue reading City of History
