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Aerial photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Harry C. Mann Panoramas

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0000-317
Scope and Contents

Primarily scanned reproductions of circa 1910s panoramas originally photographed by Harry C. Mann in and around Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes 34 original print panoramas and 54 original negative panoramas dated circa 1913-1916.

Dates: created: circa 1913-1916; Other: Date acquired: 02/08/2008

Hathaway Family Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-044
Scope and Contents

Three pre-Civil War newspapers from The Day Book, photographs, booklets, and a cookbook collected by the Hathaway family of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1859-1918; Other: Date acquired: 07/25/2017

James Eugene Stephenson II Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-278
Scope and Contents Two 1948-1980 scrapbooks containing photographs, postcards, a diploma, a photocopied birth certificate, and other materials relating to James Eugene Stephenson II, who served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Scrapbook 1 is inscribed "Christmas, 1975 To James E. Stephenson II With love, Mother and Dad" and primarily features family photographs from 1948 to 1970. Scrapbook 2 is inscribed "Deborah Stephenson, The War" and contains photographs from 1970 of James...
Dates: created: 1948-1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Nicholas John Pope, Jr. Photograph Collection

 Collection — 1 Box
Identifier: 007-MSS 2024-014
Scope and Contents One hundred fifty-two photograph prints and one photograph album contained within this collection compiled by John Nicholas Pope, Jr.  The photographs and album includes images of various scenes throughout the City of Norfolk taken by John Nicholas Pope Jr. while he worked for NRHA, as well as photographs by various other photographers primarily between 1966-1973.  Common images include buildings, city landscapes, boats, aerial photography, and demolition and construction projects, such as...
Dates: created: 1919, 1945, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1964, 1966-1971; Other: Date acquired: 06/13/2024

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Aperture Card Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 06-2015-003
Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 14,000 aperture cards (a computer data card with a 35mm microfilm window) that cover major development projects and related activities in the City of Norfolk, Virginia from the 1940s through the 1970s. The cards are organized by neighborhood area or project, and in some cases, sub-organized by category of activity and information (site diagrams, architectural plans, roads and utilities, etc.). Aperture cards are an obsolete data storage and retrieval...
Dates: created: 1942-1980; Other: Date acquired: 04/23/2015

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Photograph Collection

 Collection — 6 boxes
Identifier: RG 06-2017-005
Scope and Contents

Photographic prints and negatives (mostly black and white) of various sections of the city of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs of slums and redevelopment projects, construction of downtown buildings and roadways, and photographic documentation of buildings, commercial areas, and houses across the city. The collection also includes some aerial photographs.

Dates: created: circa 1860-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2017

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 06-2015-001
Scope and Contents

Includes informational booklets (brochures, planning guides, studies, etc.), architectural drawings, photographs (including aerials) and three-dimensional models of various buildings, all relating to development programs in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1929-2010; Other: Date acquired: 12/10/2015

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photographic Slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 06-2017-002
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of approximately 21,000 35mm color photographic slides of various neighborhoods and development projects around Norfolk, Virginia. Also covered are historical sites around the city, copy images of historical drawings and photographs, informational presentations, maps, and NRHA meetings and events. Most slides date from 1960-1990, although historical content dates to circa 1900-1920.

Dates: created: 1900-2000; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2017

Pembroke Mall Shopping Center Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-603
Scope and Contents

Seven architectural rendering photographs of Pembroke Square Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The photographs include aerial views and internal depictions of the shopping mall. Identified stores include Sears, Miller & Rhoads, and Thalhimers.

Dates: created: circa 1965

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