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Dressing for the 1800’s ball

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Gretchen Guidess, Textile Conservator with Colonial Williamsburg, spent a day at the History Museum of Western Virginia dressing a manikin

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Botetourt Decorative Arts Exhibit Catalog Coming

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“Botetourt County: 250 +1 Years of Delight,” an exhibit tracing the history of Botetourt through its decorative arts, featured more

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Redesigned Loewy Gallery Free to Visitors

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The Historical Society of Western Virginia oversees the Raymond Loewy Gallery, the only permanent U. S. gallery dedicated to the

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Link revisited his photo sites in 1980s

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By Bill Arnold, Link Museum Volunteer In January 1955, New York commercial photographer O. Winston Link began an effort to

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‘Vagabonds’ Edison, Ford camped in Virginia

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In the summer of 1918, four celebrities, a slew of staff, and a caravan of cars stopped in Roanoke for

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Edward Dudley, from Roanoke, was ambassador to Liberia

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Historian and author Nelson Harris offers several talks of little known bits of Roanoke history. They include: The achievement of

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Virtual visits include look at Gift Shop special window

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Museum manager Lynsey Allie has begun a series of virtual visits to different parts of the O. Winston Link and

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Lewis-Preston-Fleming Lives Converged in Our Area

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By ASHLEY WEBB, Curator, HSWV Andrew Lewis, William Preston, and William Fleming helped shape the course of history for Southwestern

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Educational Programming available

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Museum Educator Rich Davis of Roanoke County, who joined the Historical Society staff after retiring from a career in the

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Still Have 2020 Link Calendars

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We still have a few 2020 O. Winston Link calendars of railroad images for sale at $15.99 plus tax. The

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