Prints (visual works)

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Five 1910s-1920s prints from a magazine featuring Norfolk's semi-professional baseball teams. All players are numbered with their surnames appearing below the print.

Scope and Contents One 1902-1929 personal scrapbook containing editorial cartoons, playbills, and clippings from publications including The Theatre/Theatre Magazine, Harper’s Weekly, New York Star, New York Tribune, Liberty Magazine, and The Virginian-Pilot. Subject matter includes American and European theatrical...

Scope and Contents Family papers and photographs from 1831-2001, including genealogical notes, family trees, crests, biographical sketches, and obituaries of the Brooke family of Norfolk, Virginia. Related surnames include Tucker, Andrews, Cary, Coleman, Custis, Dallas, Drummond, Hagan, Higgins, Lucas, McLaughlin, McNamara, Mercer, Ramsey, Randolph, Taliaferro, Walton, and Washington. Most of the materials in the collection relate to Lucy Borland Higgins Brooke, her husband David Tucker Brooke, and her...

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Two aerial photographs of Fort Norfolk, one circa 1950 aerial photograph of the Hermitage Museum and Gardens, one circa 1950 poster featuring burlesque star Rose La Rose, one bird's-eye view of Hampton Roads featuring the original James River Bridge, and one print of the Hampton Roads Rowing Club. Also includes one book: The Melvin Gutman Collection of Antique Jewelry.

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Two photographic prints of scenes in 20th century Norfolk, Virginia. The prints appear to have been taken from a 2006 calendar created for Norfolk City Councilman Don Williams.

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One black-and-white undated print of First Baptist Church in Suffolk, Virginia.

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One undated artistic print of Lake Vista in Forest, Virginia, created by Harden David Vollmer.

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Three pre-Civil War newspapers from The Day Book, photographs, booklets, and a cookbook collected by the Hathaway family of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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One circa 1966 lithographic print by Bertha Fanning Taylor; and 2003-2009 correspondence and artwork by Arthur Hall Smith of Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, one June 14, 1917 certificate belonging to Francis Sartorius for third grade honor roll at Norfolk Public Schools and one 2nd edition of Tidewater Virginia In Years Gone By (1964).

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Reports and documents detailing work by the Downtown Norfolk Redevelopment Committee, particularly from 1963 to 1984. Included are documents about Granby Mall, Nauticus, and the Waterfront area. Also included are clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to Rice's Department Store in the 1960s and 1970s and the sale of the chain in 1984.