Welcome to the Richmond In Sight store.
Working our way through the images in Harry's collection, we find unexpected connections between photographs and stories that beg to be shared. As a result, Kitty has written several books based on Stilson images and oral histories from the neighborhoods in his photographs. Her second book, "On The West Clay Line," focuses on the ethnically-significant Jackson Ward, Carver and Newtowne neighborhoods with images of Jewish immigrants and African-Americans performing daily activities. “Up & Down Church Hill” includes pictures and stories of Shockoe as well as Church Hill. “From Richmond to France” is the story of Richmond’s ‘soldier boys’ who went to France in World War I in their own words and illustrated by photographs and postcards from the Stilson collection, including color postcards from France in 1932. Kitty's most recent book, "I Come From Strong Women", is a compilation of photographs and stories from her mother's side of the family, one of the oldest families of the Victorian village of Bon Air. Now 10 minutes from Richmond, it was once a train ride from the city, without public schools or stores, miles between homes. This book shares stories of life in Bon Air and the unconventional women who changed the world for good in big and little ways. As a non-profit, Richmond In Sight is dedicated to sharing and preserving our history and the sale of books assists in that mission.
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Please note:
Paypal processes our online orders and accepts major credit cards as well as their own accounts. If you want to charge your order to a credit card, please just keep clicking the "other way to pay" button. Within three clicks you are taken to a secure page to enter your credit card information. This is a default setting we can't revise.
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From Richmond To France
Images and Stories of Richmond and Her World War I Soldiers
This isn't a military history. This is a collection of images and stories from Richmond families describing their experiences during World War I, among them the Stilson family. Leon Stilson had never crossed the ocean, hadn't even been away from home before, and his reflections on life in the army offer insights into pre-war innocence. Photographs and memorabilia of a Gold Star Mother's journey to France illustrate the reality of life for Richmond families after the Great War ended and offer a glimpse into France of 1932.
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$19.95
Tax $1.05 Shipping $4.50 Total $25.50 |
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Up & Down Church Hill
Images by Harry Stilson & oral histories from Church Hill, Shockoe, & Fulton bring the history of Richmond, Virginia between 1920 and 1950 alive - once again.
"Up & Down Church Hill" is a portal into Richmond's past. Kitty Snow has created a time machine, powered by Harry Stilson's photographs and records, to transport the reader into a bygone age at risk of forever fading into the shadows of yesteryear. The result is nostalgic and transcendant." - Ray Daudani
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$17.95
Tax $0.95 Shipping $4.50 Total $23.40 |
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On The West Clay Line
Jackson Ward, Carver and Newtowne West
"The voices you will hear are your neighbors: the man who coaches your children, the woman who underwrites your mortgage. They run our restaurants, teach our students, and paint our walls. They're the children and grandchildren of the people in Harry Stilson's photographs and these are their stories. Page 9, "On The West Clay Line" |
$18.95
Tax $1.00 Shipping $4.50 Total $24.45 |
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I Come From Strong Women
Stories & Images from the Cowan/Sneed family of Bon Air, Virginia This book, written to preserve family stories and share photographs with relatives of one of the oldest families in this Victorian village, became a love letter to family, friends, and lovers of Bon Air. Starting in 1885, when Stephen Cowan bought Strawberry Hill, on what is now Huguenot Road, the people and places of Bon Air are remembered in the words of children who rode horses to play dates, mailed eggs to relatives in D.C., dared to call the governor and defend a young black man accused of rape. Funny and inspiring, the women of the Cowan and Sneed families will delight you. |
$25.00
Tax $1.33 Shipping $4.50 Total $30.83 |
