Metal sign for H. S. Myers General Merchandise store at Tyson's Corner
Signs and signboards
Tysons Corner (Va.)
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metal sign
English
Guest register, Sherwood's Tourist Home
Motels -- Virginia -- Fairfax (Va.)
Kamp Washington Tourist Motel (Fairfax, Va.)
Guest register signed by those staying at the Sherwood's Tourist Home in Fairfax, Virginia from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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1931-1951
Ledger
English
Petrified wood
Trees, Fossil
Tysons Corner (Va.)
A piece of petrified wood found at Tyson's corner in the late 1960s.
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1 million - 100 million years old
Myers property at Tyson's Corner
Tysons Corner (Va.)
Myers property at Tyson's Corner
unknown
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early 1900s
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photograph
TYSO-MYERS-004
Sherwood's Tourist Home business cards
Fairfax, (Va.)
Three sets of business cards for Sherwood's Tourist home. This image shows the fronts and backs of each card.
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6 business cards
English
sherwood_FS_touristHomeCard
Husking corn
Corn
Tysons Corner (Va.)
Four women standing in front of a horse drawn wagon filled with corn. On the left side of the image there is a man feeding corn into a machine that will cut the corn and move it to the top of a silo.
unknown
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Sherwood_FS_engine027
Husking corn
Corn
Tysons Corner (Va.)
Three men are husking and moving corn with the help of a machine. The larger contraption they are using is an ensilage cutter and silo filler. The men are feeding corn into the machine which cuts the corn and blows it to the top of the silo. The side of the silo is visible on the left hand side of the image.
unknown
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photograph
Sherwood_FS_engine026
Two riders on horseback outside of a store at Tyson's Corner.
Tysons Corner (Va.)
Two riders on horseback outside of a store at Tyson's Corner.
unknown
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photograph
photograph
Sherwood_FS_engine025
Engine used at Tyson's Corner
Tysons Corner (Va.)
Engine used at Tyson's Corner.
unknown
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photograph
Sherwood_FS_engine024
Myers store - Tyson's Corner Garage ephemera
Tysons Corner (Va.)
Two pieces of ephemera created as advertising for Tyson's Corner Garage. One is a pink notepad with a calendar on the back of it. The second item is a wooden fuel gauge.
The Novelty Adv. Co., Coshocton, O.
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1920s
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