Newport News (Va.)

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Thirty circa 1923 aerial photographs of scenes in Norfolk, Norfolk County, and Newport News, Virginia. The photographs were likely taken during a naval air reconnaissance photograph training flight.

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One book titled Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia), Portsmouth, Newport News, Berkley, Hampton, Old Point Comfort, published in 1895 by H. W. Kennicott & Co. The book has been disassembled and several sheets are missing. The content includes "A Sketch of Norfolk and Vicinity," and primarily includes circa 1895 prints of notable local places.

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Mid-1940s correspondence, largely from secretary Don C. Harrison regarding memberships and annual dues to the Charles H. Consolvo Tent of the Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes a few ephemeral items from 1940 to 1951 including a menu, booklet, and newspaper clipping.

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This collection contains resource materials, such as directories, maps, and reports pertaining to the City of Norfolk.  Specifically included is a directory entitled "A Guide to the Librariers of the Virginia Peninsula" as a resource guide for the Larchmont Branch Library in Norfolk, Virginia; a Master Street Index, revised march 1990 with maps; a flood insurance map for the City of Norfolk, Virginia; and, a final report entitled "Urban Land Institute Study of East Ocean View".

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Circa 1980 slides featuring historic postcards primarily from early 20th century Norfolk, Virginia. Subjects include businesses, churches, hospitals, hotels, Jamestown Exposition, neighborhoods, and schools. There are also a few images of Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Maps, books, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, souvenir artifacts, newspapers, and other printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and Virginia from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Most of the materials date from the 1920s to 1970s, although a significant number of items relate to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. Maps of the southside section of Hampton Roads and memorabilia of Norfolk and the Tidewater area make up a majority of items in the...

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Five 1932-1944 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. The scrapbooks include information about donated items to the museum, opening exhibits, historic model ships, tourism, etc.

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One 1912 letter regarding Mary Johnston's travels and inability to pay a visit to Norfolk, Virginia.

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One circa 1905 scrapbook of Newport News, Virginia. The scrapbook includes prints of birds' eye views of Newport News, street views of Washington Avenue, and views of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. There are also prints of Cape Charles Lighthouse, Uncle Mike in a wagon, and Old Church Tower in Jamestown, Virginia.

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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.