Visual Studies – The UncommonWealth

Picturing Family

Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in Broadside, the magazine of the Library of Virginia, Issue No. 1, 2024. Whether displayed on household…

Dale NeighborsJune 11, 2025

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

New Digital Collection: F. W. Woolworth Company from the Foster Studio Collection

This was the motto of Foster’s Photographic Gallery (later Foster Studio), opened by Walter Washington Foster in 1890, at 112 North Ninth Street in Richmond.…

Kimberly WolfeMay 17, 2023

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

What’s For Dinner?: Thanksgiving Menus Through the Ages.

E very year there are Americans who are not able to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. Some of these individuals are members of…

Jessi BennettNovember 28, 2019

Digital Projects Manuscripts & Special Collections

Still Looking for a Halloween Costume?

If you have not explored our "Look What We Got" Tumblr, check it out! Our tumblr is updated consistently with amazing images we have added to…

Jessi BennettOctober 30, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Erin Go Bragh! Images of St Patrick’s Day in the Visual Studies Collection

This March we are highlighting vintage St. Patrick’s Day postcards from the Visual Studies Collection at the Library of Virginia. What is the backstory behind…

Meghan TownesMarch 13, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Ich Liebe Dich! Vintage Valentines

Happy Valentine’s Day to our Out of the Box readers! Valentine’s Day is perhaps the most critiqued of any holiday for being “made-up,” but as…

Claire RadcliffeFebruary 14, 2019

Manuscripts & Special Collections

Season’s Greetings and More!

Did you know that the Library of Virginia's Visual Studies Collection has a Tumblr page for new acquisitions? It is called LOOK WHAT WE GOT,…

Vince BrooksDecember 6, 2018