Historic Photos of Richmond in the 50s, 60s, and 70s
Richmond is an American city quintessentially founded on change. From its colonial birth to the present, it has constantly rebuilt and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing times, Richmond has grown and prospered by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its residents.
Historic Photos of Richmond in the 50s, 60s, and 70s captures this journey through the mid-to-late twentieth century, using still photographs from eminent archives. The images depict the city’s story beginning with the prosperous Fifties that followed World War II, continuing through the tumultuous Sixties and the Civil Rights Movement, and concluding with the Seventies, when losses among Richmond’s old buildings strengthened the preservation impulse.
Included are scenes selected from among thousands of historic photographs. Published in striking black-and-white, these images communicate the historic changes that have transpired in one of America’s most historic cities.
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Book details
- Author
- Emily Salmon
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Richmond, Virginia · local history · historical photography · Civil Rights Movement · 20th century America · pictorial history · American cities
- ISBN-13
- 9781684421213
About the authors
EMILY J. SALMON is an American historian and editor and co-editor of The Hornbook of Virginia History. Her recent books include Franklin County, Virginia, 1786–1986: A Bicentennial History.
Salmon received the GODORT Award for Notable State Documents from the American Library Association in 1995. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Arts in History from North Carolina State University, and served as a senior editor in the Publications Division of the Library of Virginia.
JOHN S. SALMON is an American historian and educator and the author of The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide and A Guidebook to Virginia’s Historical Markers.
Salmon received an Excellence Award from the Printing Industry of the Carolinas in 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in American History from the University of Virginia and a Master of Arts in American Colonial History from the College of William and Mary, and served as staff historian at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.