Collection of Photographs of Lexington, Va.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964

Summary

Extent:
57 Item 4 folders
Creator:
Miley, Michael, 1841-1918 and McCrum's Drug Company
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs and negatives relating to Lexington, Va., compiled over 30 years by Washington and Lee University Special Collection Staff. Contents of collection include originals and copies and vary in size and format. Highlights include a c. 1900 stereoview of Washington Street looking west, and a mid-twentieth century print of Michael Miley's image of Robert E. Lee's funeral procession. There are also copies of an early interior view of the Lexington Presbyterian Church. Other copies include the Lexington Courthouse Square, other Miley street views, and a contemporary photographic copy of the rare lithograph print of Lexington, Va. looking west published by Casimir Bohn in 1857. There is also an early hand colored postcard of Main Street looking south by the McCrum's Drug Company. Aerial views include 33 contemporary 4 x 6' images of sections of 1968 and 1969 era oversize photograph of Lexington, Va.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Postcards
Places:
Virginia -- Lexington