Sailors

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One 1918 panoramic photograph of Company 32 at Naval Operating Base in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Scope and Contents One circa 1941-1945 scrapbook of personal mementos relating to Betty Ward and her husband, Fred Ward. The scrapbook includes photographs, telegrams, playbills, birthday cards, poems, and other materials relating to the couple's relationship during Fred's service in the United States Navy in World War II. Prominent geographic locations in the scrapbook include New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; and San Diego, California. The scrapbook also includes several late 1990s to early 2000s...

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Photographs of people and events in the Navy YMCA building in Norfolk, Virginia. Some events include social dances, boxing matches, and church services. A majority of the photographs were taken in the 1940s.

Scope and Contents Loose photographs and scrapbook pages of the Whitehurst family in Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the collection consists of fragments of scrapbook pages with photographs still adhered to them. The scrapbook pages appear to have been taken in the early part of the 20th century, with family photographs depicting various subjects such as snow, the beach, fire, a mail truck, a shoe store, amusement parks, a Christmas tree, and both people at home and on vacation. Identified geographic locations of...

Scope and Contents This is the personal photograph collection of William Elton Beale, Sr., which includes photograph prints he captured of various scenes in the Hampton Roads region and beyond.  The initial donation of six photograph prints received on July 30, 2025 includes images that depict the Norwegian Lady masthead at the Virginia Beach oceanfront sometime in the early 1910s; Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia in the 1910s; a Curtiss Golden Flyer in-flight in the 1900s; construction of the Hampton Roads...

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Ten 1943-1944 photographs of the Norfolk USO at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium, also referred to as the Center Theater and the arena. Photographs include a first dance, exterior of the auditorium building, Centerettes, basketball game, fashion show, rally, and a boxing match.