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