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One Year in Roanoke: 1921

Women’s suffrage helped spawn Roanoke’s first libraries.

One Year in Roanoke: 1991

The Dominion Tower went up as the Hunter Viaduct was coming down.

One Year in Roanoke: 1971

The American Theatre, circa 1927, was at the corner of South Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue SW. The marquee advertises the silent movie “Thirteenth Hour.”

One Year in Roanoke: 1957

It was a great year for happiness – for Dr Pepper and in Roanoke’s celebrating its 75th birthday.

One Year in Roanoke: 1890

A three-foot snowfall was both the symbol and start of an economic collapse

One Year in Roanoke: 1934

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Governor George C. Peery, and Sixth District Congressman Clifton Alexander Woodrum rode in a Packard Phaeton to the V.A. dedication ceremony.

One Year in Roanoke: 1961

Virginia’s first enclosed, air-conditioned mall opened 50 years ago this July.

One Year in Roanoke: 1915

Burrell Memorial Hospital opens to serve Roanoke’s African-American community.

One Year in Roanoke: 1948

After a 60-year run that began with mule power, the age of the Roanoke streetcar came to an end.

One Year in Roanoke: 1926

Memorial Bridge was dedicated, but not until after protests by veterans that it was merely a city improvement rather than a true memorial.

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One Year in Roanoke: 1921

Women’s suffrage helped spawn Roanoke’s first libraries.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1991

The Dominion Tower went up as the Hunter Viaduct was coming down.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1971

The American Theatre, circa 1927, was at the corner of South Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue SW. The marquee advertises the silent movie “Thirteenth Hour.”
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One Year in Roanoke: 1957

It was a great year for happiness – for Dr Pepper and in Roanoke’s celebrating its 75th birthday.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1890

A three-foot snowfall was both the symbol and start of an economic collapse
One Year in Roanoke 1934

One Year in Roanoke: 1934

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Governor George C. Peery, and Sixth District Congressman Clifton Alexander Woodrum rode in a Packard Phaeton to the V.A. dedication ceremony.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1961

Virginia’s first enclosed, air-conditioned mall opened 50 years ago this July.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1915

Burrell Memorial Hospital opens to serve Roanoke’s African-American community.
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One Year in Roanoke: 1948

After a 60-year run that began with mule power, the age of the Roanoke streetcar came to an end.
One Year in Roanoke 1926

One Year in Roanoke: 1926

Memorial Bridge was dedicated, but not until after protests by veterans that it was merely a city improvement rather than a true memorial.
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