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This certificate testifies to Pollak's many contributions to the Richmond community and designates 13 August 1999 as "Theresa Pollak Day" in the city of Richmond, Virginia.
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Pollak in her studio at 1407 Grove Avenue, Richmond.
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Pollak painting on the beach at Martha's Vineyard Island, Edgartown, Massachusetts.
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Pollak receiving the YWCA's "One of Ten Most Prominent Women of the Year in Richmond" award.
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Theresa (left) and her friends, Catherine Gilbert (center) and Martha Sawyers (right) in Central Park, New York City.
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Theresa in confirmation dress with her brother, Philip.
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Theresa was very close with her brother, Philip, who died in 1980.
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A photograph of Pollak's father, Armin, who died when Theresa was about 11 months old.
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Pollak sits in her studio at 1407 Grove Avenue, Richmond.

Photo by Jack Wright.
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Pollak's letter of application to Hans Hofmann's School of Painting in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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In this letter, Dr. Hibbs officially appoints Pollak to Instructor of Drawing, Painting, and Composition at the Richmond Division of the College of William and Mary.
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A transcript of an interview with Dr. Theresa Pollak by Dr. Alden Bigelow at Pollak's studio on Grace Street in Richmond, VA on 31 October 1975. This interview was conducted as part of the VCU Oral History Program on the history of Richmond…
Transcript of VCU's Oral History Interview with Theresa Pollak_1975.pdf

A photograph of Theresa Pollak at the Studio Club of New York, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1926.
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A photograph of Theresa Pollak in the backyard of her home at 3912 Stuart Avenue, Richmond.

Photograph taken by Jack Wright.
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Photograph of Pollak taken by Etta Edwards.
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Photograph of Pollak taken by Frances Rose.
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