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Interior, curve of staircase and balustrade in Solitude entryway (taken from the second floor)
Color image.
Interior, staircase, spinning wheel, and baulastrade, taken from Solitude entryway
Color image, see also SOL0021 and 03SOL0098.
Interior, entryway (double doors)
B&W image, see also 08UASOL040 and 03SOL0089.
Interior, mantel and walled-off fireplace
B&W image, see also 03SOL0099.
Exterior, Solitude outbuilding, west elevation
B&W drawing.
Exterior, Solitude and outbuilding
Color image. Note: This outbuilding was restored in 2019 and named the Fraction Family House, for the enslaved families that once lived on the plantation.
Exterior, Solitude outbuilding from the southwest
Color image. Note: This outbuilding was restored in 2019 and named the Fraction Family House, for the enslaved families that once lived on the plantation.
Exterior, detail of main entrance
B&W image, see also 03SOL0106.
Exterior, Solitude front porch
B&W image.
Interior, Staircase, spinning wheel, and baulastrade, taken from Solitude entryway
B&W image, see also SOL0004 and 03SOL0098.
Interior, view of Solitude entrance
Color image.
Exterior, view of Solitude front porch
B&W image.
Exterior, view of Solitude side entrance
B&W image.
Exterior, Solitude outbuilding from the south
Color image.Note: This outbuilding was restored in 2019 and named the Fraction Family House, for the enslaved families that once lived on the plantation.
Interior, staircase in the entryway
Color image.
Interior, detail, original floor in the parlor
B&W image, see also 03SOL0107.
Interior, detail, walled-off fireplace and mantel
B&W image, see also 03SOL0094.
Exterior, view of Solitude with trees
B&W image.
Exterior, view of Solitude side entrance
B&W image, see also 0SOL0092.
Exterior, view of a shutter-trimmed window
B&W image, see also 03SOL0086.
Interior, walled-off fireplace
B&W image, see also 03SOL0101.
Exterior, front doors
B&W image.
Solitude booklet
Color images.
Likely a fire bow or a hollow log trap
Color image. This item is not part of known Special Collections and University Archives holdings. It is believed to have been on display at Solitude at one point in time.
Interior, boarded up fire place, wainscot in the old "Hokie Club Room"
Color version of 03SOL0087.
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Class of 1888
Photograph of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Class of 1888.
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Officers in 1893
Photograph of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College Officers in 1893. Front row, left to right, Col. J. A. Harmon, Commandant (Lieut. 7th U. S. Cavalry); Major R. E. Wright; Capt. A. F. Finch; Capt. E. P. Minor; and Capt. J. W. Stull. Back…
Students at the Cenotaph, 1972
Photograph of students at the cenotaph, 1972.
Anatomy Class, spring 1892
Photograph of the Anatomy Class, spring 1892. From left, Newman, Gregory, Christian, Robert Cowardin, C. W. Courtland, Professor Smyth.
VPI Class of 1896
Photograph of the VPI Class of 1896. Top row, left to right, Samuel Henry Sheib, James Ringold Guy, Bevard Davidson Miller, Meade Ferguson. Second row, Eduard Judson Kerfoot, Franklin Pierce Turner, Alexander Parker Eskridge. Third row,James Hamilton…