This historical image captures the labor-intensive process of tobacco production in the 1870s in Richmond, Virginia. It shows a woman carefully removing tobacco leaves, assisted by children, while a boy hangs the leaves up to dry. The scene…
Photograph of the Student Apartments, ca. 1981. The Student Apartments were the original on-campus housing facilities, completed in October 1977. 8" x 10" photograph print; black and white.
A student gives President Thomson a "scroll" with over 600 Mason students, faculty, and staff signatures. The petition asked Thompson to excuse students, faculty, staff and administration from classes on October 15 so that they could take part in…