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\"Poster

Poster for Archives Month in Virginia, 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

An image from SC&A’s Ollie Atkins Photograph Collection is featured in the poster for The Library of Virginia’s Archives in Virginia celebration. The collection contains photographs, negatives and contact sheets dating from 1943 to 1974. The images, numbering nearly 57,000, are representative of his work with The American Red Cross, The Saturday Evening Post<\/em>, and the United States government as official photographer to President Nixon.<\/p>\n

To find out more about:<\/p>\n

the Ollie Atkins Collection, please visit:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/images.gmu.edu\/luna\/servlet\/GMUDPSdps~15~15<\/a><\/p>\n

Archives Month in Virginia:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.lva.virginia.gov\/public\/archivesmonth\/2009\/gallery.asp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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