Propaganda – The UncommonWealth

Artists for Victory

Today is the 70th anniversary of the V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day), marking the end of World War II in Europe. To mark the…

Roger ChristmanMay 8, 2015

Newspapers

Cigarette Advertising in the 1930’s – Early Years

The Richmond Collegian, the student newspaper from the University of Richmond, provides a unique opportunity to look at state of the art advertising from the…

Silver PersingerAugust 27, 2014

Newspapers

A Look Back at the Richmond Downtown Expressway

In our collection we have an unusual one-off edition of The Progressive Richmonder from June, 1950 that was circulated to promote support for the construction…

Silver PersingerApril 18, 2014

"Lord Have Mercy! There is a ‘Reefer Man’ in Here!"

In the early morning hours of 31 May 1936, Margaret Jacobs was awakened by a “lumbering in the kitchen.” She awoke to find the lights…

Mary Dean CarterJanuary 25, 2012