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Much of what we know about the history of Arlington County is due to the work of Eleanor Lee Templeman, photographer, local historian, and author of several books on the history of the area.
Templeman, although born in 1907 in Washington DC, grew up in California. She moved back east to attend the Critcher School of Painting and Applied Arts, where she graduated in 1929. She subsequently worked as an artist and illustrator for the American Automobile Association and the US Geological Survey.
It is Eleanor Lee Templeman?s bibliography, however, that has had such an effect on local historical research. Read more about her career and her work in Our Back Pages.
- Our Local History Collection Is Now On Flickr!
Lee Highway, 1895 - from the Places set Reading about local history is cool, but seeing it is even cooler - and now you can view hundreds of images of Arlington history online, thanks to the Virginia Room's Local History project. The Local History...
- From Our Back Pages: The Consumer Brewery
Long before the era of brew pubs, local breweries served a similar function. By providing their communities with a convenient source of beer, tavern owners and other customers were given an option from having to rely exclusively on larger commercial breweries....
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- Ruth Galoon's Paintings At Cherrydale
The Cherrydale Branch Library will display 13 paintings by Ruth Galoon, a noted Washington artist of the 1950s and '60s, from June 7 - July 31. Ruth Galoon was born in 1916 and grew up in Baltimore. She moved to Washington shortly after her marriage...
- Arlington Historical Society Lecture: 'subversive Arlington' - 01/14
Join us at Central Auditorium Thursday, Jan. 14, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. for a lecture titled Subversive Arlington: The American Nazi party and Gang Warfare of the 1960s, with local historian Charles Clark, author of several articles for Arlington Historical...
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From Our Back Pages: Arlington Heritage
Much of what we know about the history of Arlington County is due to the work of Eleanor Lee Templeman, photographer, local historian, and author of several books on the history of the area.
Templeman, although born in 1907 in Washington DC, grew up in California. She moved back east to attend the Critcher School of Painting and Applied Arts, where she graduated in 1929. She subsequently worked as an artist and illustrator for the American Automobile Association and the US Geological Survey.
It is Eleanor Lee Templeman?s bibliography, however, that has had such an effect on local historical research. Read more about her career and her work in Our Back Pages.
- Our Local History Collection Is Now On Flickr!
Lee Highway, 1895 - from the Places set Reading about local history is cool, but seeing it is even cooler - and now you can view hundreds of images of Arlington history online, thanks to the Virginia Room's Local History project. The Local History...
- From Our Back Pages: The Consumer Brewery
Long before the era of brew pubs, local breweries served a similar function. By providing their communities with a convenient source of beer, tavern owners and other customers were given an option from having to rely exclusively on larger commercial breweries....
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- Ruth Galoon's Paintings At Cherrydale
The Cherrydale Branch Library will display 13 paintings by Ruth Galoon, a noted Washington artist of the 1950s and '60s, from June 7 - July 31. Ruth Galoon was born in 1916 and grew up in Baltimore. She moved to Washington shortly after her marriage...
- Arlington Historical Society Lecture: 'subversive Arlington' - 01/14
Join us at Central Auditorium Thursday, Jan. 14, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. for a lecture titled Subversive Arlington: The American Nazi party and Gang Warfare of the 1960s, with local historian Charles Clark, author of several articles for Arlington Historical...