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Historic district of Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Roanoke Street, historic route of the northerly road from Botetourt County that led southwest toward Tennessee and Kentucky. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at…

Terrace View apartments, the first large student complex, was built in 1970.

Corning Glass Works plant south of Blacksburg, opened in 1964.

Blacksburg Municipal building on South Main Street, constructed in 1969.

Composite of all 6 Sanborn Company Fire Insurance Maps.

The Lyric Theatre in its 1910 location.

Architect and engineer Louis Philippe Smithey, who helped build the Lyric Theatre.

Front of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Sketch of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Central Hotel building at Yellow Sulphur Springs, built in the 1880s.

Yellow Sulphur Springs hotel, built in 1810. Image c. 1924.

Old Hotel at Yellow Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County, VA.

Yellow Sulphur Springs Resort in Montgomery County, VA.

Strouble's Creek, Blacksburg, VA.

Tipple at the Merrimac Mines, Fall of 1923.

Undated image of Main Street, Blacksburg, VA.

Color image of Main Street, Blacksburg, VA.

The original Lyric Theatre, opened on April 14, 1930.

Main Street, Blacksburg, circa 1960s.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1907.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1900-1919.

Postcard depicting a Huckleberry Railroad train and its crew.

Dr. Gardner's building (early 1900's) and building once occupied by Kroger and Tech Drug.

Log house at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Preston family burying ground at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Cupboard at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Piece of furniture at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Interior of a bedroom at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Exterior of Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, VA, covered in snow.

Exterior of Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, VA.

Merrimac Mines in Blacksburg, VA.

Tipple at the Merrimac Mine, Fall of 1910.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1940-1959.

Looking south on Main Street, Blacksburg, VA. Even in 1925, parking space was at a premium.

Main Street Blacksburg, VA, circa 1925, prominently featuring Corner Drug Store.

Postcard of a street scene in Blacksburg, image circa 1920s-1930s.

Main Street Blacksburg, VA, looking south, taken at about the North Main St. entrance to mall circa 1920s-1930s.

Main Street Blacksburg, VA, circa 1900-1919.

Main Street Blacksburg, VA, looking toward Machine Shops around 1900-1904.

The VPI Corps of Cadets lines up on the Huckleberry Trestle.

Alternate view of the new Huckleberry Station/Depot, built in 1911-1912.

Huckleberry Station in Blacksburg, VA, built in 1911-1912.

First depot for the Huckleberry Railroad in Blacksburg, VA.

Huckleberry Rails in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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

Red English, a football player, crouches while wearing his football helmet.

Flinky Piland, a football player, rushes the camera in his football gear.

Edwin R. Gaines, a football player, poses for a photograph.

An unidentified player, "Graham," poses for a photograph in his football gear.