Buildings

Fifteen 1920s aerial photographs of scenes in Norfolk, Virginia. Notable buildings in the aerial photographs include City Hall, the Norfolk Fire Department, City Hall Garage, Fairfax Hotel, City Market, and the Monticello Arcade. Aerial photographs also include residential sections of Norfolk, particularly along the waterway, a few photographs of a track, and one photograph of a boat in the water.

Eleven circa 1941-1943 negatives featuring aerial views that appear to have been taken on a rooftop showing areas near Freemason, Ghent, and Atlantic City in Norfolk, Virginia.

One 1942-1943 scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to World War II, local history, organizations, social events, engagements, marriages, and deaths in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook includes one playbill from the Bristow Hardin School of Music in Folder 12.

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.

1970s cardboard panels with pasted photographs featuring houses and buildings in the neighborhoods of Ghent and Freemason in Norfolk, Virginia. Some panels also include small maps highlighting the buildings photographed. Panels include overlapping 3.5 x 5" photographs, generally providing a "street view" of that particular street. Panels typically include the name of the primary street next to the panel number.

Twenty-four circa 1970s black-and-white photographs taken by Allen Victor Kreger of Norfolk, Virginia. The photographs feature a warehouse building from the Banana Pier in Norfolk, Virginia, gun batteries at Fort Wool on Rip Raps Island, and life-saving stations in the Outer Banks, North Carolina.

Photographs of prominent United States buildings made using aquia freestone. Includes a historical explanation on the use of aquia freestone on the inside back cover. Most of the featured buildings are centered in Washington, D. C.

One book titled Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia), Portsmouth, Newport News, Berkley, Hampton, Old Point Comfort, published in 1895 by H. W. Kennicott & Co. The book has been disassembled and several sheets are missing. The content includes "A Sketch of Norfolk and Vicinity," and primarily includes circa 1895 prints of notable local places.

Records of Richard Stearns Dodson, Baltimore proprietor of the second Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes business records in ledgers and cashbooks, including account information, bills, licenses, bonds, checks, ledgers, and notes associated with the operation of the Atlantic Hotel from 1872-1901.