Steamboats

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Two ticket stubs, an advertising blotter, and a manifest for the steamer Florida.

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One 1818-1830 minute book of the James River Steam Boat Company, consisting of stockholders of the steamboats Richmond and Powhatan. The book records meeting minutes, accounting information, resolutions, and other related activities.

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One 1817-1818 register recording individuals purchasing shares in the Norfolk and Hampton Steam Boat Company, along with meeting minutes.

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One March 1915 newsletter, issued by the Old Dominion Steamship Company.

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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One 1903-1904 volume from William Lamb and Company of Norfolk, Virginia, identifying date, steamer name, and steamer nationality, along with various numerical and accounting figures including tonnage, displacement, total in dollars, trimming, pilotage, towing, and water. There are 338 entries in the volume which cover pages 1-9.