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45th International Azalea Festival Grand Parade Photographs
Photographs of parade floats from the 45th International Azalea Festival in 1998 that passed by on Granby Street primarily between Charlotte Street and Bute Street in Norfolk, Virginia. There are also photographs of Queen Azalea Helena Winther from Denmark and her court standing in front of the United States Post Office and Courthouse building at 600 Granby Street.
"100 Years of Norfolk" Scrapbook
One scrapbook of clippings featured in a section of the newspaper titled "One Hundred Years of Norfolk." Each article includes the following description: "A Retrospective Glance Over the Local History of the Century Just Closed. - A Magnificent Record of Steady Advance Despite War and Pestilence - A Pen Picture of Norfolk in 1800 - What it Cost to Live Here a Century Ago - From Less than 8,000 Inhabitants to Our Present Busy City and Its Populous Suburbs."
100th Anniversary of McClure Field Baseball Cards
Two baseball cards of the Naval Training Station Blue Jackets, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia.
111th Field Artillery Photographs
One loose photograph and 14 scrapbook pages with pasted photographs featuring the 111th Field Artillery from Norfolk, Virginia. All photographs date from the 1920s to 1930s.
1800s-1840s Collection of Legal and Commercial Documents, Norfolk, Virginia
Includes handwritten legal/court and commercial documents from the Borough of Norfolk and Norfolk County, Virginia, dated between 1800 and 1835. Also includes a Norfolk County land grant from 1692.
1800s Cookbook
One 1800s handwritten cookbook filled with recipes for breads, cakes, puddings, pies, cookies, and pickles. The cookbook also contains a remedy for the summer complaint and a clipping on poisons and antidotes.
1870s-1880s Norfolk, Virginia Court Records Transcription Book
One 170-page record book containing handwritten transcriptions of court records primarily from the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk and the Circuit Court of Norfolk County, Virginia. The circa 1870s-1880s transcriptions were written in pencil and in ink and appear to be written by various individuals. The first several pages include pasted clippings featuring auction sales, legal notices, commissioner's sales, and trustee's sales in Norfolk, Virginia.
1870s-1880s Norfolk, Virginia Stereoview Photograph Collection
Three 1870s-1880s stereoscopic photographs of buildings and streets in Norfolk, Virginia.
1873 Bible
One circa 1873 Bible titled "The Complete Domestic Bible." The text includes illustrations and a dictionary of religious terms.
1880s-1910s Norfolk Studio Portraits
Seven Norfolk, Virginia studio portait photographs of individuals, mostly children, in the late 19th century to early 20th century.