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Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Walker Postcards

 Collection — 3 postcards
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-390
Scope and Contents

Three circa 1920 postcards of the United States Naval Air Station and United States Naval Operating Base in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1920; Other: Date acquired: 11/07/2011

MMM Design Drawings

 Collection — 11 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-025
Scope and Contents

Various drawings, plans, and records of MMM Design, an architectural firm that operated in Norfolk from the early 1940s to 2014.

Dates: created: 1940s-2014; Other: Date acquired: 06/14/2015

Norfolk and Hampton Steam Boat Company Register

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-611
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: created: 1817-1818; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Norfolk and Virginia Beach Local History Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-103
Scope and Contents

One 1924-1928 scrapbook of newspaper clippings covering the local history of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia from the 18th century to early 20th century. The subject matter includes local notables and families, prominent buildings and homes, and important events. While primarily clippings, the scrapbook also includes some issues of the newsletter The Tidewater Trail and programs for mid-1920s local events.

Dates: created: 1924-1928; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Norfolk History Clippings Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-101
Scope and Contents

Three circa 1940s-1960s history scrapbooks of clippings featuring prominent events, houses, developments, storms, and people in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Princess Anne, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Topics include individual biographies, distinguished visitors, formation of the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, United States Navy, buildings, ferries, tunnels, yellow fever, the Civil War, churches, and the Adam Thoroughgood House.

Dates: created: 1910, 1945-1963; Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1963; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Norfolk Naval Air Station Air Show Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-601
Scope and Contents

Twelve 1945 photographs taken on June 16 and August 30, primarily featuring scenes of sailors and civilians amid naval aircraft, male sailors and female WAVES walking in formation, and naval aircraft releasing smoke screen into the sky.

Dates: created: 1945; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Norfolk Police Department Fingerprint Cards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 11-0000-001
Scope and Contents

The collection includes 290 fingerprint cards, most with photographs attached, dating from 1917 to 1958.

Dates: created: 1917-1958; Other: Date acquired: 02/16/2012

Norfolk Wharf, Warehouse, and Terminal Company

 Collection — 2 books
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-288
Scope and Contents

Two circa 1893-1899 bound volumes containing charters, contracts, deeds, and corporation court records for the Norfolk Wharf, Warehouse, and Terminal Company in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1893-1899; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Photo Craftsmen Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 007-MSS 2016-033
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...
Dates: created: 1946-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1972; Other: Date acquired: 03/25/2016

Port Folio Magazines

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-009
Scope and Contents

One bound volume of Port Folio, Volume 1 (May 3, 1983 - December 20, 1983) and loose copies of Port Folio magazines dating from December 24, 1991 to March 15, 1993. Port Folio was published weekly in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1983, 1991-1993; Other: Date acquired: 02/09/2017