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Sketch showing Blacksburg, Virginia in 1853.

Falls above the Cataract - Bald Knob

The Cascades

First Academic Building

Preston and Olin Institute, ca. 1870

Second Academic Building Under Construction

Diploma used from 1877 until 1995.

Dr. Harvey Black

Faculty, 1878

Sitting (left to right): President C.L.C. Minor, Charles Martin, M.G. Ellzey, V.E. Shepherd, Gray Carroll. Standing (left to right): J.H. Lane, W.R. Boggs.

Cadet Officers, 1879

Commission of Dr. Harvey Black.

White Sulphur Springs

Cadet Sergeant John C. Ridley

Cadet First Sergeant Frank H. Terry

Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, March 1879. Construction began in April 1875. First service held in the building in March 1879. Consecrated on September 25, 1887. Located on the SE corner of Jackson and Church Streets.

The Pavilion was completed during the Summer of 1879.

Blacksburg Methodist Church decorated for the holidays.

Cadet Captain Robert M. Perrow

Left to right on horizon: Second Academic Building, First Academic Building, Commandant's Quarters, President's House, Pavilion, Shops, Preston & Olin Building (barracks).

Colonel Scott Shipp

John Chowning Gresham

Cadet Captain R.E.L. Aylor & Unknown Cadet

Lutheran Memorial Lutheran Church.

Inside the Lutheran Memorial Lutheran Church at Christmas.

Maury Literary Society Medal

Maury Literary Society Medal

Major General Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, President of VAMC from 1886 to 1891.

Cadet William Addison Caldwell

Charles Landon Carter Minor, President of VAMC from 1872 to 1879.

Photograph of Virginia Tech's campus taken in 1880.

John Thornton Knight as a graduating cadet at the United States Military Academy (Class of 1884). As a 2nd Lieut., 3rd U.S. Cavalry, he served as Commandant of Cadets at the V.A.M.C. from 1887 until 1890.

Unknown Cadet

In front of the Amiss House

Cadets before the Guard Room

Professor G. F. Atkinson in the background.

Brigadier General James H. Lane, First Commandant of Cadets at VAMC.

Medal for Best Drilled Company in Va.

Charles Martin, a VAMC professor.

V. E. Shepherd, an early professor at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Photograph of William Buchanan Conway, M.D., first college physician.

A VAMC Cadet

19 Murray Street, Fincastle, Virginia. Home, in 1872, of Mr. Benjamin Carper Hedrick, a professional tailor, where the first VAMC uniforms were made.

Iron used by Mr. Benjamin Carper Hedrick in fabricating the first VAMC uniforms.

Blacksburg United Methodist Church

Professor M. G. Ellzey, a VAMC professor.

A Cadet Private, 1874

Photograph of Main Street taken in 1875.

Commencement Program, August 1875

Blank Early Diploma