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A handwritten invoice from Blacksburg Supply Co., May 25, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from Farmers Supply Co., October 4, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from W. A. Price & Bros, March 29, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute by Harry D. Temple.

Description of Kentland Farm and the land divisions, written in 1910.

A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from J. L. Bell, November 12, 1911.

A handwritten letter from McPherson & Co, live stock comission merchants, to J. T. Cowan, November 3, 1911.

1912 Annual Geman Club Dance Card cover; Given by Junior Class to Senior Class

1912 Annual German Club Dance Card inside;

A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from L. D. Winston Jr., December 6, 1912.

Photo of Virginia Tech campus during the winter, used in the 1913 calendar.

Photo of a cadets dress parade, used in the 1913 calendar.

Photo of the Elm walkway at V.P.I., used in the 1913 calendar.

Photo of people on railroad tracks, used in the 1913 calendar.

Photo of a cadets sham battle, used in the 1913 calendar.

Photo of a campus scene at Virginia Tech, used in the 1913 calendar.

Photo of a rat parade, used in the 1913 calendar.

A letter tp J. T. Cowan from Isaac T. Mann, sent April 18, 1913.

1914 Annual German dance card cover;

1914 Annual German dance card inside;

1917 Opening German Club Dance Card cover;

1917 Opening German Club Dance Card inside;

1921 McCormick Deering Tractor

1924 Opening German dance card cover; Music by Naylor and his Seven Aces of Birmingham, Alabama

1924 Opening German dance card inside; Music by Naylor and his Seven Aces of Birmingham, AL

1924 Thanksgiving German given by the Cotillion Club dance card cover; Music by Naylor and his Seven Aces of Birmingham, Alabama

1924 Thanksgiving German given by the Cotillion Club dance card inside; Music by Naylor and his Seven Aces of Birmingham, Alabama

1925 Junior-Senior Prom dance card cover; Gift of Ann Phillips, 1956

1925 Junior-Senior Prom dance card inside; Gift of Ann Phillips, 1956

Overhead shot of Main St. in Blacksburg, VA

1925 Mid-Winter German given by The Cotillion Club dance card cover; Music by Naylor and his Seven Aces of Birmingham, AL

1925 Mid-Winter German given by The Cotillion Club dance card inside; Music by Naylor and his Seven Aces of Birmingham, Alabama

1926 Cotillion Club Midwinter Dance Card cover; Music by Oliver Naylor and his orchestra of Birmingham, AL

1926 Cotillion Club Midwinter Dance Card inside; Music by Oliver Naylor and his orchestra of Birmingham, Alabama

1928-29 University of Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Team

1929 Graduating Class at Jefferson High School

1929 Thanksgiving Day Parade - VPI Marching

1929 Thanksgiving Parade - VPI Cadets Marching

1929 Thanksgiving Parade - VPI Corps of Cadets Marching

This is an image of Hershey's breakfast cocoa, Milk Chocolate Kisses, and baking chocolate products from the pamphlet "The Hershey's Recipe Book."

This is an image of Hershey's sweet milk chocolate, chocolate syrup, and Sweet milk chocolate with almond bars from the pamphlet "The Hershey's Recipe Book."

Original watercolor illustration created by Floyd Richard Vranian for the book Donning the Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute by Harry D. Temple.

1931 Christmas German Norfolk Club dance card cover;

1931 Christmas German Norfolk Club dance card inside;

1932 Easter Dances of the Cotillion Club Dance Card cover; Music by Paul Tremaine and his Columbia Broadcasting Orchestra

1932 Easter Dances of the Cotillion Club Dance Card cover;

1932 Shenandoah Valley Club of V.P.I. Christmas Dance Card cover; Music by Jack Baxter

1932 Shenandoah Valley Club of V.P.I. Christmas Dance Card inside; Music by Jack Baxter

1932 Thanksgiving Dances given by the Cotilliion Club dance card cover; Music by Charlie Boulanger and his Columbia Broadcasting Orchestra