Streets

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Eleven circa 1965 photographs of scenes in Norfolk, Virginia. Subjects include businesses, streets, cars, First Baptist Church, and a parade.

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Fourty-five photographs of Water Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The photographs were taken in 1963 on July 16, August 9, 13-15 and in 1964 on April 22, May 7-8, 15, 25, and June 1-3. Many photographs include the time it was taken, a brief description of the weather that day, and direction the photograph was taken.

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1970s cardboard panels with pasted photographs featuring houses and buildings in the neighborhoods of Ghent and Freemason in Norfolk, Virginia. Some panels also include small maps highlighting the buildings photographed. Panels include overlapping 3.5 x 5" photographs, generally providing a "street view" of that particular street. Panels typically include the name of the primary street next to the panel number.

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Maps of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads area collected by the City of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. A majority of the maps are from the 1950s-1960s and were created by the City Planning Commission.

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Photographs from 1928-2010 primarily relating to street improvements in Norfolk, Virginia, including drainage issues, flooding, parking, and street widening. There are also photographs on building construction and city redevelopment. Most of the photographs date from the 1950s-1960s.

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This collection includes 35mm color photographic slides documenting development projects in downtown Norfolk, Virginia and in various city neighborhoods, development planning studies and projects around the city, and planning-related maps and graphics. Some aerial photographs are included. Some slides are missing.

Scope and Contents Two account books containing information primarily between 1894 and 1896 about the paving of streets in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The first ledger contains diagrams of streets, mathematical and monetary figures, bids, and estimated costs including materials and labor. A clipping is pasted inside the front cover, and the first page prominently displays the business name of the North Carolina Phosphate Company of Castle Hayne, North Carolina. The second ledger contains charts listing date,...

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Ten drawings by Frances Smith depicting scenes on Colley Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia and one list titled "Ship Work List," listing the ships drawn by the artist.

Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 3,800 paperboard-bound volumes (packets) containing deed and mortgage abstracts for properties in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the surrounding counties (mostly Norfolk County). The collection also includes approximately 2,800 land plats, mostly for properties associated with the packets. Guaranty Title and Trust created these records in the course of its business verifying property titles, recording land transactions, and issuing mortgage loans during its...

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One scrapbook of late-20th century to early-21st century Virginian-Pilot newspaper clippings featuring photographs from various parts of the Hampton Roads region in Virginia. The photographs usually include brief captions and cover the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake. Subject matter includes streets, buildings, transportation, weather, and sports.