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Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

1926 Norfolk YWCA "Camp Owasa" Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-371
Scope and Contents

Five 1926 photographs of scenes from the Norfolk YWCA "Camp Owasa" at Chesapeake Beach, Princess Anne County, Virginia. At least three photographs include Mary Arthur Billups.

Dates: created: 1926; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Aerial photograph prints, 1977, undated

 File — Folder 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Aerial photographs of various locations in the City of Norfolk.

Dates: created: 1977, undated

George Scott Barnard Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-054
Scope and Contents

One circa 1905-1909 scrapbook containing photographs of Barnard family members, private racing sailboats, United States Navy warships, and the interior of W. H. Barnard & Company in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1900-1909; Other: Date acquired: 09/25/1982

Henry Shriver Architectural Drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-061
Scope and Contents Thirteen watercolor architectural drawings created by Henry V. Shriver during his time as an architecture student at Virginia Tech in the early 1950s. This collection also contains two circa 1960s photographic renderings of Norfolk Regional Airport, which is now Norfolk International Airport. The renderings were created by Shriver and Holland Associates of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes an 1850 nautical chart of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, published in New York by...
Dates: created: circa 1950s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/2016

Prints of Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-249
Scope and Contents

One 1994-1995 book of 16 mid-Atlantic lighthouse prints created by Stephan Harrington and Casey Holtzinger. The prints also include historic information published by Imperial Publishing and Gallery in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1994-1995; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

William Elton Beale, Sr., Photograph Collection

 Collection — 1 Folder
Identifier: MSS-2025-020
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...
Dates: created: 1900s-1960s; Other: Acquired - 07/30/2025; Accrual date acquired - 08/05/2025