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Welcome to the Curator's Corner
As you can imagine, being a curator at the Valentine Richmond History Center is like being the proverbial kid in the candy store: The hardest part is deciding which items from our astonishingly deep and varied collections to highlight.
Hence this corner, a place for me to exhibit some of our treasures online without the constraints of an in-house exhibit.
Check out What is it? (Who
is it? when we feature a photograph) and Featured
Item, below, but don't stop there – come visit us and take a walk through 400 years of Richmond history.
-Suzanne Savery, Director of Collections and Interpretation
Who is it?
Church Picnic in Bon Air, 1880s
(click on photo for larger version)
Cook Collection – #1390
Can you identify anyone in this group?
If so email me!
Featured Item
Current Limiting Fuse,
Type EJ-2 Late 20th century, General Electric
Gift of the Ethyl Corporation
V.91.122
This fuse was developed to power machinery. In this instance, it was used for electrical current at the Virginia State Penitentiary, specifically for the State of Virginia's Electric Chair.
Care Sheets
Do you have a treasured heirloom that you want to preserve? See our care sheets for furniture or for glass and ceramics; we'll add more in the future.
Questions for the Curator?
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