Photo Craftsmen Company, Inc.
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1946-2004
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Norfolk Academy building, undated
Item
Identifier: Item 72
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the Norfolk Academy building, designed by architect Thomas Ustick Walter, from St. Paul's Boulevard in Norfolk, Virginia. NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 70-137-11 Photo Craftsmen Negative Number: 20-934
Dates:
created: undated
Photo Craftsmen Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 007-MSS 2016-033
Scope and Contents
Photo Craftsmen was a Norfolk commercial photography company that opened in 1946 at 512 West Olney Road. Jim Barry was the proprietor. The company moved to 1043 West 45th Street by 1958, and relocated to 251 West Bute Street by 1961. The company again relocated, to 420 West Bute Street by 1966, and then to its final location at 415 West York Street by 1978. When Barry died in 1976 the company was purchased by employee Len Rothman. Rothman changed the company name to Len Rothman Photography...
Dates:
created: 1946-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1972; Other: Date acquired: 03/25/2016
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection