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101 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia
James Branch Cabell was born on April 14, 1879 at 101 E. Franklin St.. The building shown here occupied what is now the site of the Richmond Public Library.
3201 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Built 1911
James Branch Cabell, his wife, Priscilla Bradley Shepperd Cabell, and their son Ballard moved to this home in 1925. Priscilla Cabell died in 1949. James Branch Cabell died in this home on May 5, 1958. He was survived by his second wife, Margaret…
Branch House, 101 E. Franklin Ave., Richmond, Virginia
James Branch Cabell was born on April 14, 1879 at 101 E. Franklin St.. The building shown here occupied what is now the site of the Richmond Public Library.
James Branch Cabell, 1923, inscribed by Cabell
Inscribed: For Mrs. Archer Jones with the best wishes of James Branch Cabell 4 December 1923
Priscilla Bradley Shepherd Cabell, c.1916
Photograph of Priscilla Bradley Shepperd Cabell, c.1916. She married James Branch Cabell on November 8, 1913 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Brook Hill. Their only child, Ballard Hartwell Cabell was born in 1915.
Burton Rascoe, James Branch Cabell, Elliott White Springs
This photograph was first published inArts & Decoration magazine (Vol. XXX, No. 1, November, 1928, p.47) in an article by Burton Rascoe entitled "Contemporary Reminiscences - An Intimate Visit to James Branch Cabell and Ellen Glasgow via an Air…
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken became both a friend, and one of James Branch Cabell's greatest literary champions.
Guy Holt
Guy Holt was James Branch Cabell's friend and his editor at Robert M. McBride and Company.
The Red Book Magazine, May 1911
James Branch Cabell's short story, "Prince Fribble's Burial," appears on pages 88-94 of this issue of The Red Book Magazine.
Alsvidur, The Horse of Mani. (Horse No.3)
Cabell's collection label reads:Alsvidur, The Horse of Mani. A gift from Clitandre the Highwayman. --The Book of Clitandre, in Smith. 3Note: Mani is the moon god in Norse mythology who travels across the sky drawn by the horse Alsvidur. Mani is…
Aquiline, The Horse of Raymond of Toulouse. (Horse No. 4)
Aquiline, The Horse of Raymond of Toulouse. A gift from Brace [sic] Abundant. --"Grance[sic] Abundant," in Special Delivery. 4Raymond of Toulousewas a powerful prince in southern France and one of the leaders of the First Crusade. Aquiline is…
