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Under the Viaduct (circa 1935)

A portion of the Valentine Richmond History Center collection has been digitized and is available for your perusal, and includes the circa 1935 image above, Under the Viaduct (one of 74 images by Charles W. Smith).

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7 comments

Magneto 01/11/2009 at 6:34 PM

Is that the Marshall Street viaduct? I wish that and the Carver Viaduct along with its train system were still intact.

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John M 01/11/2009 at 6:51 PM

Is that the Marshall Street viaduct?

I assume (&hope) so. The Marshall Street viaduct was built 1910 or 1911, so the time is right, and the scene doesn’t look like what I’ve seen of the Carver viaduct.

Could be the Fifth Street Viaduct into Northside, too, I guess.

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Carol A.O. Wolf 01/11/2009 at 8:39 PM

Wherever it is, it is beautiful.
Thanks for posting it, John.

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Bill Hartsock 01/11/2009 at 10:20 PM

By the look of the architecture of the houses, it looks very much like the houses that used to line 17th St. in Shockoe Valley, right under the Viaduct.

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Liberty 01/12/2009 at 4:22 PM

i believe thats a wood carving

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Bullwinkle 01/12/2009 at 9:22 PM

I do believe you are right (Liberty re: wood carving)

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Bullwinkle 01/12/2009 at 9:23 PM

The scene is quaint and lovely, but has since been improved upon with Tiki Bob’s 10 cent tacos, and bikini night.

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