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Debo Dabney is playing at the free opening day celebration for "VIRGINIA JAZZ: The Early Years" this morning! Stop by and enjoy refreshments, live Jazz, and our newest exhibition until 5 p.m. #RichmondJazzSociety #RVA #RichmondStories #VirginiaJazz

The first entry in our new #MonumentMonday series is from 1907. #MonumentAvenue #RVA #RichmondStories #RVAMonuments #Latergram

Photo: Lee Monument during unveiling of Stuart Monument, 1907, Cook Collection, The Valentine

For this week's #ThrowbackThursday, here's an image capturing life on 1300 E. Cary Street about 112 years ago. It looks like traffic has always been plentiful in #ShockoeSlip! #RVA #RichmondStories #CaryStreet #Traffic

Photo: Cook 1028, 1300 E. Cary St., c. 1905, Cook Collection

Happy belated #FlashbackFriday! Here is a photo of the unfinished James Monroe Building in 1979, as seen from #ChurchHill. Anyone remember the tallest building in Richmond going up? #RVA #RichmondStories

V.85.37.4032, Oh, Haze, Can't You See?, July 16, 1979, Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection, Masaaki Okada

In honor of #RVABikeShare which launched last week, here's a fun picture from 1967. Let's hope they start employing #Velocipedes soon. #RVA #RichmondStories #BikeShare

Photo: L.67.156.37, 'Velocipede' Is the Word, Richmond Newspapers, Inc., April 21, 1967

Check out this image of the old Valentine Sculpture Hall from before 1930! At the time, the Sculpture Hall was located in the basement. #RVA #RichmondStories #TransformationTuesday #Sculpture #EdwardValentine

Photo: X.51.01.468, Sculpture Hall, before 1930

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