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1904 Baseball Team

A handwritten account of grain production on J. T. Cowan farm, 1904.

1905 VPI Football Champions of the South. 1905 Football Champions of the South Tyler Smith, in front. In early days, all athletes, like race horses, got rub downs before games. Tyler Smith was the rubber - and in this way could be called first…

A billing from H. C. Long to J. T. Cowan, June 16, 1906.

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.

A handwritten invoice from A. V. Hancock & Co., April 9, 1908, part of the Cowan papers.

A bill of lading from Virginia Railway Co, October 1, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

1909 Easter Cotillion given by German Club dance card cover;

1909 Easter Cotillion given by German Club dance card inside;

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;

1916 VPI football game.

1916-17 Richmond Club. left to right (Sitting) Mayre, Williams, Carpenter, Watkins, Peple, Clift, Ware, Whitmore, (Kneeling) Turner, Lancaster, Blincos, Sabler, Southall, (Standing) Smith, Gaines, Lathrop, Cevarich, Arron, Powers, Douglas, Wharto,…

1917 Corps of Cadets Commandant & Staff.

1917 Opening German Club Dance Card cover;

1917 Opening German Club Dance Card inside;

1919 Corps Band at Virginia Polytechnic and State University.

1920 Freshman Class at V.P.I.. Patricia Givens Johnson Papers, Ms1988-007

1921 McCormick Deering Tractor

1921 Sophomore Class at V. P. I.. Patricia Givens Johnson Papers, Ms1988-007

1921 V. P. I. Campus, Blacksburg, Virginia. Patricia Givens Johnson Papers, Ms1988-007

1922 Freshman Class Parade.

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