Bethany Home for Friendless Children, Chesterfield, VA
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Title
Bethany Home for Friendless Children, Chesterfield, VA
Description
Lucy and J. R. F. Burroughs founded the Bethany Home for Friendless Children in 1894. The childless couple established the orphanage on their 165-acre farm, located near Bon Air in Chesterfield County.
Incorporated in 1898, Bethany Home had no endowment and operated completely through donations. Bethany Home closed in the 1940s.
Incorporated in 1898, Bethany Home had no endowment and operated completely through donations. Bethany Home closed in the 1940s.
Creator
Cook, Huestis P., photographer
Source
Cook Collection, The Valentine
Date
1914 June 10
Contributor
The Valentine
Rights
Non-commercial use only.
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This object has been digitized in a public-private partnership. As part of this partnership, the partners have agreed to limit commercial uses of this digital representation of the object by third parties. You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the digital object, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions of the organization that has made the item available.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Notes
Learn more:
Richmond Comes Together: Images of Community Outreach, The Valentine
Collection
Citation
Cook, Huestis P., photographer, “Bethany Home for Friendless Children, Chesterfield, VA,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed December 22, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/209.