007. Collections

Photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the Gray Family; approximately half of the photographs are of William H. Gray and his friends during World War II. The remaining photographs and clippings do not clearly indicate a Gray family connection.

One photograph of E. Frank Griffith and two obituaries written about him.

Four tintype photographs of Hassell family members.

Approximately 350 negatives featuring aerial photographs of downtown Norfolk, Virginia between 1963 and 1975. The negatives include shots of City Hall, coal piers, merchandise piers, Ghent, Old Dominion University, and Foreman Field. There are also a few scenes of rural Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Primarily negatives from the summer of 1994 featuring tombstones in graveyards in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas of Virginia. Featured cemeteries include the Land Family Cemetery, St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Hebrew Cemetery, Cedar Grove Cemetery, and West Point Cemetery. The developed photographs from Folder 1 show gravestones and people cleaning the graveyard of the Land Family Cemetery.

Sixteen miscellaneous photographs from approximately 1952 to 1958. The photographs feature a public performance from the Norfolk Musicians Association band and an event held by the Tidewater Anglers Club. Some of the photographs appear to have been taken by the City of Norfolk Department of Parks and Recreation.

Fourty-five photographs of Water Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The photographs were taken in 1963 on July 16, August 9, 13-15 and in 1964 on April 22, May 7-8, 15, 25, and June 1-3. Many photographs include the time it was taken, a brief description of the weather that day, and direction the photograph was taken.

Three circa 1909 sepia photographs of the United States Great White Fleet in Hampton Roads Harbor, Virginia.

Thirteen photographs taken at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Virginia following the Ash Wednesday Storm in March 1962. Photographs show damage to buildings and other structures.

Fifteen circa 1925 photographs of the interior of Cox Funeral Home on Westover Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.