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Universal Dance Folio for Piano, 1931.

V.P.I. Alumnus

Oil painting of the entrance to Virginia Tech's campus by Chester Leich in 1931.

The broadside advertising the sale of the Crockett Springs resort describes the time and date of the sale, that which was for sale, in which order certain pieces of the property would be sold, and the terms of the sale. The commissioners named on the…

A page from a mill ledger recording employee contributions to the Baptist Church in Fries, which they could have deducted from their paychecks.

The fourth and final volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years…

You'll Be Mine in Apple Blossom Time, by Tobias and DeRose, 1931.

This is an image of a Devil's Food cake that is colored with a very red coloration andhas white frosting. It was taken from the recipe pamphlet titled "Home Baked Delicacies" from the Swans Down Cake flour company.

Christmas Card, 1931

When It's Sleepy Time Down South, by Rene and Muse, 1931.

1931 Christmas German Norfolk Club dance card inside;

1931 Christmas German Norfolk Club dance card cover;

When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, 1931.

Portrait of Garfield Muse

Aerial View of business section of Roanoke

Aerial View of N&W General Office Building

J.A.J Airport in Columbus, Ohio

Track Scene East of Suffolk, Virginia

My Cradle Sweetheart, by Newman and Jones, 1931.

This map depicts the buildings (numbered), planned structures, and other infrastructure measurements on campus, 1931.

Studio portrait of Henry Harrison Wilson Jr., Christmas 1931.

Studio portrait of Lily Norwood Wilson in costume, Christmas, 1931.

Portrait of J. Hoge Tyler Wilson (grandson of J. Hoge Tyler), 1931.

Parsons Corporation Canadian patent for loading blocks.

Parsons Corporation patent for loading blocks.

As Time Goes By, by Herbert Hupfeld, 1931.

Lead on, O Star, a Christmas service by Fred B. Holton, 1931.

Lead On, O Star, by Holton, 1931.

Illustration on the cover of a 1931 Jell-O pamphlet containing 23 pages of recipes

Father of the Land We Love, by George M. Cohan, 1931.

Father of the Land We Love, 1931.

PDF of full insurance survey of the buildings of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, prepared in 1931 by Charles Lunsford & Sons, Roanoke, Va.; Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, Pa.; and F. Wharton Baker, engineer.…

This is a fire resistive building, three stories and basement with stone walls backed with 8" of brick; reinforced concrete floors and roof. Brick and tile partitions.

This building was built on the foundations of the old boiler plant and is a one story and basement brick building with steel columns supporting roof, which is plank on steel beams. Floor is reinforced concrete. Tile partitions; central steam heat.…

This building is fire resistive except roof, walls are stone backed with 8" hallow tile; floors are concrete metal lumber construction; roof ordinary wood joist slate convered. Room partitions are 4" gypsum block. There is no basement; central steam…

This is a four story and basement brick building with slate roof on wood joist; floors are fire resistive, being concrete in hallways and wood on steel joist in dormitory rooms. Interior brick walls each side of hall and 4" gypsum partitions between…

This is a fire resistive building having steel frame and brick panel walls; concrete roof on steel trusses. Outside brick stack 180 ft high, which is equipped with lighning rod. There are two 250 horse power and two 350 horse power boilers, coal…

This is a large one story fire resistive building with the exception of small section at front end which has wooden roof, slate covered. Exterior walls are limestone; roof reinforced concrete; interior division walls are brick and cinder block.

This is a three story and basement fire resistive building faced with 8" of limestone backed with 8" of brick. Building has steel frame with concrete slab. Tile partitions; central steam heat. Building contains large electrical laboratories; drafting…

This is a fire resistive building with exception of roof of gymnasium which is plank on steel purlins on steel trusses. Walls are faced with limestone backed with brick. Floors and roof of front section, which is three stories in height, are…

This is a one, two, and three story limestone building with fire resistive floors and roof. Roof of two and three sections is concrete tile on steel beams; roof of one story section is sheet rock on steel purlins on steel trusses. Central Steam heat.…

5 one-story buildings labeled D-J, Stone or wooden with metal roofing

4 frame buildings wih tin or composition roof. labeled C-F, C- Storage of Matresses, Building is new & in good condition with small basement open on one side. D- Used for storage of beds, chairs, etc. It is two stories in height. E- Stable, This is a…

2 one-story frame buildings with either tin or composition roof. B- Apple Storage Building, C- Storage of Matresses, Building is new & in good condition with small basement open on one side.

Frame building with wood shingle roof; contains electric driven apple sorting machine.

This is a two-story and basement frame building with concrete wall to first floor and a tin roof. Electric lighted; hot water heat.

There are nine chicken houses and about twenty small brooder houses; all of these are frame with composition roofs.

Two-storyframe building, tin roof. Central steam heat; electric light; no basement. Occupied by College tailors for manufacture and repairing uniforms