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Postcards

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

DeFord Family Bible

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-044
Scope and Contents

One circa 1879 Bible of the Samuel Solomon DeFord Family of Norfolk County, Virginia. The Bible's family record is located before the New Testament and ends with the death of S. S. DeFord on January 1, 1926. Loose papers from the Bible include poems, clippings, and a postcard.

Dates: created: circa 1879-1926; Other: Date acquired: 09/29/2018

Eleanor Walden Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-047
Scope and Contents

Personal papers, photographs, correspondence, and scrapbooks from Eleanor Walden. Much of the material relates to Walden's international trips abroad for music tours with the Nonuettes in 1965 and Virginia Belles in 1967.

Dates: created: 1935-1994, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Ernest P. Gretes Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-041
Scope and Contents

One circa 1965-1970 realtor listings notebook, business cards, and ephemera from Ernest P. Gretes of Norfolk, Virginia. The notebook includes detailed listings for individual properties with an accompanying black-and-white photograph of the property on the reverse side. The collection also includes family photographs and one 1964 yearbook The Acorn from Carolton Oaks School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1930s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/2018

Estelle V. Callender Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-063
Scope and Contents Nine scrapbooks primarily dating between the 1910s-1940s containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials relating to Mrs. Callender's activities in social organizations, including Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, and other local organizations in Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbooks 7 and 8 were compiled by Callender's daughter, Virginia Johnston, and primarily consist of clippings, correspondence,...
Dates: created: 1800-1952, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2011

Eula Thomas Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2019-021
Scope and Contents

Four 1933-1951 personal scrapbooks created by Eula Thomas of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings on local, state, and international news as well as personal ephemera such as birthday cards, invitations, and correspondence.

Dates: created: 1933-1951; Other: Date acquired: 05/15/2019

Frances Calvert Stansbury Scrapbooks

 Collection — 5 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-073
Scope and Contents

Six 1930s-1960s scrapbooks featuring social events including engagements, weddings, parties, graduation commencements, debutant debuts, funerals, and other activities in and around Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the materials date between 1951 and 1955.

Dates: created: 1927-1962; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/1972

Frances Jane Wallace's Slides of Norfolk, Virginia Postcards

 Collection — 1 slide box
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-476
Scope and Contents

Circa 1980 slides featuring historic postcards primarily from early 20th century Norfolk, Virginia. Subjects include businesses, churches, hospitals, hotels, Jamestown Exposition, neighborhoods, and schools. There are also a few images of Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1980; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Fred Heutte Center Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-021
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Fred Heutte Center in Ghent Square, Fred Heutte Foundation, Garden Clubs of Greater Hampton Roads, and Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The papers include gardening articles and transcripts of radio broadcasts, along with correspondence relating to the publication of Fred Heutte's 1977 book Gardening in the Temperate Zone. Organizational records include agendas, minutes, budget statements, correspondence, and notes. These papers were...
Dates: created: 1948-2008, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/25/2008

Freeman Family Photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 007-MSS 2016-019
Scope and Contents

Thirty-four circa 1900 photographs of individuals, families, other groups, a gravesite, a horse-drawn carriage, and school classes primarily in Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the photographs feature one subject or a small family group. Also, two oversized portraits of unidentified young girls.

Dates: created: circa 1900-1920; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/2016

George Edward Higson, Jr. Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-022
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous school projects, postcards, and pictures created and compiled by George Edward Higson, Jr.

Dates: created: 1907-1935, undated; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/2013