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SC 0012 - Handbill
The collection consists of a reproduction of a handbill advertising a lecture presented by Belle Boyd at the Leesburg Opera House on 4 Dec 1894. Maria Isabella Boyd, better known as Belle Boyd (9 May 1844- 11 Jun 1900), was born in Martinsburg, VA (now WV). Because of her activities as a spy for the Confederacy during the Civil War she was arrested and imprisoned three times. In the late 1880s she began to travel around the country giving dram...
Record Type: Archive
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SC 0017 - Bookplate
This collection contains one bookplate belonging to John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun bearing the motto, "I Bide My Time." The bookplate's printed coat of arms features a two-headed dragon decorated with mantling, which is resting on a helm that is nestled into a five-pronged crown. A shield is below the crown, divided into eight pie-slices that alternate between ermine fur and dark sections. The shield is stabilized on either side by a soldi...
Record Type: Archive
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SC 0034 - Currency
This collection consists of a brief typewritten historical summary and Leesburg municipal currency notes in the following denominations: one $1 note, one 50¢ note, two 25¢ notes, and one 12½¢ note. The Town of Leesburg mounted these examples on paperboard, and kept them framed for many years (the notes are only printed on one side). All the notes have the same basic design except for the numbers and text specifying the denomination. On the left s...
Record Type: Archive
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VC 0013 - Print, Photographic
This collection is comprised of photographs of historic buildings and sites within and adjacent to the Town of Leesburg. The photographs document changes to existing buildings, buildings demolished for development, and general streetscape photographs of the Old and Historic District documenting its appearance from 1990 to 2004 (with one 1974 photograph). The photographs were taken by the Preservation Planner of the Department of Planning, Zonin...
Record Type: Archive
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