The photographs housed in PG 800 are images depicting an Arlington tract of land known in 1923 as the Cruit Tract. Today the area is commonly referred to as Lyon Village. Most of the images date from July or August 1923 and were taken during a land survey of the Cruit Tract. In addition, there are four images of Lyonhurst, a large estate owned by Frank Lyon, the developer of Lyon Village.

Ruth Levin donated these photographs in the 1990s. The collection has photographs of the Sher family and two family businesses. One of the businesses was M. Sher & Sons General Merchandise located at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Dr. The other business was Columbia Hardware and Applicance Company. The collection includes both interior and exterior photographs for each store. Most of the photographs are identified.

Photograph Group 100 contains photographs generated by various Arlington County government agencies. The photographs were acquired at different times and from various sources. The images are listed by subject matter or agency function. Entries in the arrangement include data accompanying the prints; but this information is spotty at best and non-existentfor many of the pictures. Most of the photographs depict county employees at work, county facilities,...

PG 500 houses images of historic homes in Arlington. The photographs were taken during historical house tours conducted by the Arlington Historical Society sometime between 1964 and 1987. The photogaphs do not represent a comprehensive collection of all the buildings toured over these years. Most of the images are unidentified and undated.

PG 201 contains images of structures, mostly houses in the Ballston area, built in the 1930s. Redevelopment has claimed many of them. Also included are pictures of two schools, Thomas Nelson Page and the Old Ballston School.

PG 214 is comprised of photographs identified as Arlington County Annual Report photographs. It is not known whether these photographs were actually used in the annual reports.

PG 250 comprises images of various subjects taken by Virginia Room personnel. The pictures may cover events and exhibits, document happenings in the community or record changes in structures or landscapes.

PG 223 is material taken from the Alexandria Gazette Packet photograph morgue. Documents and images relating to Arlington County were removed from the morgue and given to the Community Archives. The collection covers people and news stories in mainly Arlington, but also touches on Alexandria and Fairfax County. The bulk of the material dates 2001-2003.