Streets--Virginia--Norfolk

Scope and Contents One circa 1920s-1930s scrapbook of photographs featuring people and scenes in Norfolk and Mount Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia. Many of the photographs in the scrapbook depict ships, one of which is labeled Gaza-Lisboa. Notable shots of Norfolk include the Medical Arts Building, Barney's Market, Gulf gas station, and Jerusalem Baptist Church off of Brambleton Avenue in downtown Norfolk. One photograph with handwriting on the back identifies Miss Margaret Rimel in Mt. Sidney, Va, and...

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Three circa 1920s photographs of street scenes in the Norfolk, Virginia neighborhood of Winona.

Scope and Contents One circa 1930s scrapbook of family photographs taken primarily in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Individuals and groups are photographed in various scenes including the beach and neighborhoods in front of houses. Some photographs of a parade on Granby Street feature Norfolk Post 392 of the VFW and the businesses of Russell, Etheridge & Pritchard Dry Goods, Oriental Chop Suey, Truitt's Pharmacy, and Carr, Mears & Dawson. Other photographs of scenes in Norfolk include Ghent,...

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One 1940s photograph of an unidentified man pointing to streetcar 2150 in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also consists of five negatives, including an image of more than twenty men standing outside a building, streetcar 2150 bound for Ocean View parked in front of a body shop, streetcar 503 bound for South Norfolk, and several streetcars, including streetcar 628 bound for Granby-18 parked inside a building.

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Thirteen negatives dated 1941 featuring the aftermath of snowfall on Botetourt Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The images include slushy streets, snow-covered cars, the exterior of an antiques store, and a kitchen interior.

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Eleven circa 1965 photographs of scenes in Norfolk, Virginia. Subjects include businesses, streets, cars, First Baptist Church, and a parade.

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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.

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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.

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Large-scale prints from an aerial photographic mission flown over the city of Norfolk on March 22, 1974. The prints are arranged by frame number and bound in nine large books. The Abrams Aerial Survey Corporation of Lansing, Michigan conducted the mission. The prints are scaled at 1 inch = 100 feet.

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Photographs from 1928-2010 primarily relating to street improvements in Norfolk, Virginia, including drainage issues, flooding, parking, and street widening. There are also photographs on building construction and city redevelopment. Most of the photographs date from the 1950s-1960s.