Photographs

One circa 1913-1921 photograph of the interior of the Immigration Office in Norfolk, Virginia.

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.

One circa 1910s-1920s oversized photograph labeled "Old Dominion Marine Railway Corporation, Norfolk (Berkley) VA." The photograph features 35 men and two automobiles in front of a brick building where both the blacksmith and boiler shops are identified. The back of the photograph is labeled "Arthur C. Keeter, 19 Wellington Avenue, South Norfolk, Virginia."

Various documents from 1928-1950 relating to Oliver Cromwell and his family. Included is correspondence (mostly between Oliver and his half-brother Albert A. Cromwell); assorted envelopes; tax and business-related statements; postcards; several snapshots; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and advertisements. Other family members mentioned in the collection include Annie L. Cromwell (Oliver's stepmother) and Marshall Cromwell, Oliver's half-brother.

Correspondence, organizational minutes, yearly pilgrimage ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the Order of Cape Henry from 1924 to 1986.

Sixty-one photographs and three maps featuring parades and scenes at the Oyster Bowl games from 1951 to 1971 in Norfolk, Virginia. The three maps show parking and traffic arrangements for 1956 through 1958.

Photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Alison Jehu "Preacher" and Ella Ward Parsons of Norfolk, Virginia. Several items relate to the couple's involvement in camellia societies such as the American Camellia Society and Virginia Camellia Society. The collection also includes the Fall 2005 edition of The Norfolk Foundation, which highlights the Parsons' legacy to the foundation.

One circa 1902-1930 scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, business cards, handwritten search warrants, and lists of police officers on duty, relating to Norfolk police detective Paul L. Rose of Norfolk, Virginia. Topics in the scrapbook include murderer Leo Cuthbert Thurman, politics, and crime. The scrapbook spans the career of Paul Rose as a detective and primarily includes clippings of crimes in the Norfolk area.

One July to December 1932 scrapbook featuring Peggy McCarthy and her tap dancing shows in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Newark, New Jersey.