http://www.virginiamemory.com Virginia Memory en-us Library of Virginia web@virginiamemory.com web@virginiamemory.com Sat, 25 May 2013 03:19:18 GMT 300 http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/this_day_in_virginia_history http://www.virginiamemory.com/about/news_feeds/this_day_in_virginia_history Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT <p><a href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/this_day_in_virginia_history/may/24"><img alt="feed image" width="130" height="113" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.virginiamemory.com/docs/index?w=130&h=113&img=05-24-1996.jpg" title="Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia." /></a>This early-twentieth-century typewriter was found in the attic of the Accomack County clerk's office in May 1996. The machine was specially made to hold the oversized pages then used for legal documents, such as deeds and wills, that were to be bound into volumes.</p><br clear="all" /> http://www.virginiamemory.com/reading_room/this_day_in_virginia_history/may/24