Negatives (photographs)

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Circa 2006 negatives of the Lafayette Motor Hotel and construction site of Tanner's Landing on Llewellyn Avenue at the Granby Street Bridge in the Riverview section of Norfolk, Virginia. There are also images of two individuals each sitting in front of a Christmas tree inside a home.

Scope and Contents Personal and family papers and photographs of Lucile Perryman Bybee Portlock of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes correspondence to Portlock, photograph albums of her eldest child Lucile "Billie," and genealogy of the Bybee family conducted both personally and professionally by Edgar T. Brown from the mid-1970s to late-1980s. There is also a family Bible that belonged to her parents, Harry Rainey Bybee and Lucile DuVall Perryman, a photo album created by Portlock's mother during her...

Scope and Contents Records of the Norfolk Botanical Garden's history, facilities, daily operations, exhibits, gardens, plants, and various events from 1937-2015. Included are correspondence files, reports, ledgers, publications, news clippings, and photographs. Operations documentation includes internal correspondence, finances, and various committee records. The daily operations and income ledgers date from 1965-1993, with a gap from 1987-1988. Publications in the collection include ...

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Photographic prints and negatives (mostly black and white) of various sections of the city of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs of slums and redevelopment projects, construction of downtown buildings and roadways, and photographic documentation of buildings, commercial areas, and houses across the city. The collection also includes some aerial photographs.

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Includes informational booklets (brochures, planning guides, studies, etc.), architectural drawings, photographs (including aerials) and three-dimensional models of various buildings, all relating to development programs in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Publications produced by and for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority in Norfolk, Virginia from 1946-2010. The collection includes annual reports, progress status reports, promotional and advertising materials, reports, and other items. Norfolk areas featured include downtown, Ghent, Berkley, Church Street, Huntersville, and Mid-Town Industrial Park.

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Circa 1940s clippings and photographs relating to the Travelers Aid Society/USO during World War II in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily contains clippings about USO activities and events. Loose photographs show the USO Recreation Center and Auditorium.

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Four scrapbooks relating to the Norfolk United War Fund from 1941-1945 and the USS Hotel Fairfax Residential Club, circa 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes a volume titled Record of Publicity, Office of Civilian Defense that largely includes clippings of civil defense activities in Norfolk. Also in the collection is correspondence relating to air wardens and Smith Street U. S. O., along with negatives of local civil defense personnel and facilities.

Scope and Contents Photo Craftsmen was a Norfolk commercial photography company that opened in 1946 at 512 West Olney Road. Jim Barry was the proprietor. The company moved to 1043 West 45th Street by 1958, and relocated to 251 West Bute Street by 1961. The company again relocated, to 420 West Bute Street by 1966, and then to its final location at 415 West York Street by 1978. When Barry died in 1976 the company was purchased by employee Len Rothman. Rothman changed the company name to Len Rothman Photography...

Scope and Contents Family photographs compiled and taken by Roy Lee Clayton of Norfolk, Virginia. Many of the photographs were taken in Norfolk, particularly 3102 Lens Avenue, 2634 Harrell Avenue, and Ocean View. Other geographic localities include Salem, Virginia; Albion, Pennsylvania; Petersburg, West Virginia; and Canton, North Carolina. Many of the photographs taken in Salem show men and buildings from the 1391st Company, Civilian Conservation Corps. There is one 1930-1944 photograph scrapbook of...