Jim Bradshaw Norfolk Memorabilia Collection, 1851-2000

By Sarah Osorio

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1: Maps, circa 1930-1998

51 maps.

Series 1: Maps

Folder 1: Maps, American Automobile Association, circa 1930-1998

Eight road maps. AAA. Hampton Roads and vicinity, including Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Yorktown, Virginia; Tidewater, Virginia; Colonial National Historical Park; and the Atlantic Coastal Highway from New Jersey to Florida.

Folder 2: Maps, American Oil Company / Amoco Oil Company, 1965-1975

Seven road maps. American, Amoco. Hampton Roads area, including Norfolk and a Norfolk Suburbs Street Map and Directory.

Folder 3: Maps, Atlantic Richfield Company, 1971-1972

Two road maps. ARCO. Hampton Roads area, Norfolk.

Folder 4: Maps, Champion Map Corporation, 1970-1983

Four road maps. Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Northeast Chesapeake, Virginia.

Folder 5: Maps, Chesapeake Bay Ferry District, 1956, 1958

Two road maps. Fastest North & South Highway via Kiptopeke Beach-Norfolk Ferry; North-South Fun Route.

Folder 6: Maps, Dolph's, 1955-1956, circa 1970

Six road maps. Indexed Street Maps including Norfolk, Portsmouth, South Norfolk, Chesapeake, North Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Folder 7: Maps, Esso, 1958-1971

Eight road maps. Esso Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil & Refining Company. Hampton Roads area, including Portsmouth, South Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News, Warwick, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and portions of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Folder 8: Maps, Estes Realty Corporation, circa 1990

One road map. Tidewater area, including Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Folder 9: Maps, Geographia Map Company, circa 1940s

Two road maps. The Premier Street Map of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Vicinity.

Folder 10: Maps, Gulf, 1963-1974

Nine road maps. Tourgide Map: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Hampton, and Newport News. Cruisegide Map: Middle Atlantic States, New York, N. Y. to Norfolk, Va., including Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay; and Harbors of the South: Norfolk, Virginia to Port Isabel, Texas.

Folder 11: Maps, Map Corporation of America, circa 1956

Two road maps. Mapco. Map of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Box 2: Maps, circa 1921-2000

44 maps.

Series 1: Maps

Folder 1: Maps, Phillips Petroleum Company, 1962, 1969

Two road maps. Phillips 66. Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Virginia.

Folder 2: Maps, Pure Oil Company, 1966, 1968, 1972

Three road maps. Pure, Union 76. Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Hampton, and Newport News, Virginia.

Folder 3: Maps, Rand McNally, circa 1970s, 1991

Three road maps. Hampton Roads area, including Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth, etc.

Folder 4: Maps, Shell Oil Company, 1960-1965

Four road maps. Shell. Street Guide of Norfolk, South Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Chesapeake, and vicinity.

Folder 5: Maps, Sunoco, 1963-1969

Five road maps. Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Folder 6: Maps, Texaco, 1960-1973

Eight road maps. Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Hampton, and portions of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Virginia.

Folder 7: Maps, Tidewater Oil Company, 1961, 1965

Two road maps. Flying A Service. Metropolitan Norfolk Street and Vicinity Maps.

Folder 8: Maps, A. C. Wagner Company, 1930-1945

Four road maps. Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Folder 9: Maps, Miscellaneous Road and Tourist Maps, circa 1921-2000

13 maps.

Item 1: Map, Welcome to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, circa 2000

Item 2: Map, Historic Virginia via James River Bridge Route, circa 1930

Shows Virginia Historical Points Reached via the James River Bridge measured from Richmond, Virginia.

Item 3: Map, Jamestown Festival, Virginia's Historic Triangle, 1957 April - November

Includes a Calendar of Events, key map to the festival area, and historic points of interest in Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Item 4: Map, Motor Strip Map: Washington and Jacksonville via The Costal Highway, circa 1921

Published by James River Bridge Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia.

Item 5: Map, McDonald's Guide to Local Attractions, circa 1980s-1990s

Includes Virginia's Eastern Shore, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Gloucester County, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth, Virginia; and Outer Banks, North Carolina.

Item 6: Map, Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1950s

Published by Norfolk Chamber of Commerce.

Item 7: Map, Visit Historic Norfolk, Virginia's Largest City, circa 1956

Published by Norfolk Chamber of Commerce.

Item 8: Map, Map of Norfolk and Virginia Seashore, 1947

Norfolk, Virginia: City of Historic Shrines and Scenic Beauty. Published by Norfolk Advertising Board, Inc.

Item 9: Map, The New City of Virginia Beach, Virginia: Land of Play and Plenty, circa 1963

Copyright Laura Lambe Advertising.

Item 10: Map, The New City of Virginia Beach, Virginia: Land of Play and Plenty, 1967

Copyright Laura Lambe Advertising.

Item 11: Map, Williamsburg, Virginia: Guide Map and General Information or Visitors, 1948 June

An Official Leaflet issued by Colonial Williamsburg.

Item 12: Map, Skyline Drive via Shenandoah Scenic Route, circa 1940

Item 13: Map, Maps of the Virginia Seashore and the Atlantic Coastal Highway, 1930

Shows coastal road routes from Maine to Cuba.

Box 3: Maps and Printed Ephemera, 1851-1970

21 maps, four books, and 20 booklets.

Series 1: Maps

Folder 1: Maps, Facilities Maps of the Ports of Virginia, 1952, 1962, undated

Three maps.

Folder 2: Maps, Historic and Tourist Maps, circa 1920s-1940s

Three maps. Tourist Map of Norfolk & Vicinity; Make The Grand Tour of Historic Virginia; and Revolutionary War in Virginia.

Folder 3: Maps, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Surrounding Areas, circa 1920s-1960s

Four maps. Indexed Street Map of Norfolk, Va., Virginia Beach and Surrounding Area; A Real Hearty Welcome! To Virginia Beach, Virginia; Virginia - North Carolina: Inside Route, Norfolk to Gull Shoal; and Presenting Your City Map of Norfolk, Virginia and Northern Princess Anne County.

Folder 4: Maps, The Port of Hampton Roads, 1937 May 15, 1940 June 1

Two maps. Port Series 29 and 38. The Central Atlantic Port. Issued by the State Port Authority of Virginia.

Folder 5: Maps, Transportation Maps, circa 1900-1950

Seven maps. Map of Norfolk, Portsmouth & Vicinity to and from Cape Charles; Map of Norfolk and Vicinity, Virginia Ferry Corporation; The Jordan Bridge; Norfolk and Southern Railroad and Connections; City of Norfolk; Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Virginia; and Norfolk and Western Railway.

Folder 6: Topographic Maps, Wind Work: From the Norfolk (VA-NC) Folio, undated

Two copies.

Series 2: Printed Ephemera

Folder 7: Book, City of Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1924

Published by Authority of City Council.

Folder 8: Book, Glimpses of The Jamestown Exposition and Picturesque Virginia, 1907

Folder 9: Book, Hampton Roads Guide, with Maps and Illustrations of Tidewater Virginia's Many Places of Historic Interest, Seaside Resorts and Points of Pleasure to the Visitor, 1925

By Elsie A. Stegman.

Folder 10: Book, The Norfolk Directory for 1851-1852, 1851-1852

By William S. Forrest.

Folder 11: Booklets, Guidebooks for Norfolk, circa 1940-1950

Three booklets. A Guide to Norfolk; If Norfolk Is Bombed: A Handbook for Civilian Air Defense; and Norfolk War Camp Community Service GuideBook.

Folder 12: Booklets, Guides to the Tidewater area, circa 1907-1970

Three booklets. Virginia Shore; Tidewater Guide; and an advertisement booklet featuring Tidewater-area businesses.

Folder 13: Booklets, The Jamestown Exposition Illustrated, 1907

Two booklets.

Folder 14: Booklet, The Jamestown Festival Official Program, circa 1957

Folder 15: Booklets, Norfolk Naval Base Tour, circa 1950s

Two copies.

Folder 16: Booklets, The Norfolk Story, 1957, 1963

Two booklets.

Folder 17: Booklet, Norfolk, Virginia: Central Atlantic Port, circa 1915

Issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Norfolk.

Folder 18: Booklet, Radio Station WTAR, 1941

Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 19: Booklets, Souvenir booklets of Norfolk and Vicinity, circa 1900-1910

Four booklets. Souvenir of Norfolk; Norfolk, VA.; Some Pictures of Greater Norfolk; and Souvenir of Norfolk, Va. and Vicinity.

Folder 20: Booklet, Guide to Norfolk, Virginia, 1916

Folder 21: Souvenir Envelope and Fan, Norfolk, Virginia, 1910 August 20

Box 4: Printed Ephemera and Visual Works, 1876-1977

Eight booklets, 13 pamphlets, two periodicals, 19 various published materials, one article, one report, one lithograph, and 32 photographs.

Series 2: Printed Ephemera

Folder 1: Booklets, Tidewater Virginia Facts, 1976-1977

Two booklets. Tidewater Virginia Development Council.

Folder 2: Booklet, Twelfth Annual International Azalea Festival, 1965

Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 3: Booklet, What to See in Virginia: The Travel Index Guide Book of Virginia, circa 1953

Published at Williamsburg, Virginia.

Folder 4: Booklets, Where to Go, What to See, What to Do in the Norfolk-Portsmouth, Ocean View, and Virginia Beach Area, circa 1920-1930

Two booklets. Presented with the compliments of the Advertising Board of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce.

Folder 5: Booklets, Where to Go, What to See, Where to Stop in Tidewater, Virginia, 1936, 1938

Two booklets.

Folder 6: Pamphlets, The Gray Line, circa 1929-1931

Two pamphlets. Virginia Beach Bus Line, Inc.

Folder 7: Pamphlets, Hotels and Resorts in Hampton Roads, circa 1930s-1960s

Four pamphlets. The Golden Triangle Motor Hotel; Hotels and Cottages at Norfolk, Ocean View and Virginia Beach, Virginia; Norfolk and Byways Into Old Virginia; and Norfolk, Virginia Hotel Monticello.

Folder 8: Pamphlets, Tour guides to Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1920s-1950s

Seven pamphlets.

Folder 9: Periodical, The National Geographic, 1942 May

Volume 81, Number 5.

Folder 10: Periodical, The Ports of Greater Hampton Roads Annual, 1948

Includes map on inside front cover.

Folder 11: Publications, The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, circa 1964-1968

Five items.

Folder 12: Publications, Jamestown Exposition, circa 1907

Seven items.

Folder 13: Publications, Miscellaneous, 1890s-1960s

Seven items. Includes a small booklet of the Norfolk-Newport News Direct Ferry, booklet for St. Christopher's Private Hospital, booklet for The Princess Anne Hotel, pamphlet of The James River Bridge Project and Toll Rates, and a leaflet from the Chesapeake and Ohio.

Folder 14: Article, General Account of the Fresh-Water Morasses of the United States, with a Description of The Dismal Swamp District of Virginia and North Carolina, 1890

By Nathaniel Southgate Shaler. Pages 255-338.

Folder 15: Report, Second Report of The Commission on Beautifying the City of Norfolk, Virginia, 1913 July

One booklet.

Series 3: Visual Works

Folder 16: Lithograph, City of Norfolk, Virginia, 1876

Folder 17: Photographs (Folder 1 of 2), circa 1890s-1940s

21 photographs. Includes aerial photographs of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and scenes of ships and airplanes.

Folder 18: Photographs (Folder 2 of 2), circa 1907-1963

10 photographs.

Folder 19: Photographic slide, Aerial view of Norfolk, circa 1910s-1920s

Box 5: Postcards, circa 1905-1970

Series 4: Postcards

Folder 1: Postcards, City Hall, circa 1905-1950

Norfolk City Hall; General Douglas MacArthur Memorial.

Folder 2: Postcards, Confederate Monument, circa 1905-1910

Folder 3: Postcards, Granby Street, circa 1930-1950

Folder 4: Postcards, Main Street, circa 1905-1920

Folder 5: Postcards, Maritime Tower, circa 1960

Folder 6: Postcards, Monticello Hotel, circa 1908-1950

Folder 7: Postcards, Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1905-1950

Folder 8: Postcards, Norfolk Naval Base, circa 1907

Folder 9: Postcards, Ocean View, circa 1950-1970

Folder 10: Postcards, Portsmouth, Virginia, circa 1907-1960

Folder 11: Postcards, Souvenir of Norfolk, Virginia, Miniature Post Cards in Colors, circa 1900-1920

Eight postcards.

Folder 12: Viewbooks, Tidewater and Virginia Beach, circa 1910-1970

Five souvenir accordion folder booklets with photographs and postcard views of the Tidewater area of Virginia.

Folder 13: Souvenir Views, Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940s

Box 6: Artifacts, circa 1890s-1990s

10 artifacts.

Series 5: Artifacts

Item 1: Souvenir, Plate, circa 1965

Diameter 7.25". Norfolk, Virginia. Crimson text and images on plate feature Norfolk Naval Base, General MacArthur Memorial, Foreman Field, New Federal Building and Court House, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Lake in City Park.

Item 2: Souvenirs, Plate and Bowl, circa 1900-1940

Diameter 4.25". Bowl diameter 5.75". Water Front, Norfolk, Virginia. Wheelock, Vienna, Austria.

Item 3: Souvenir, Rectangular metal tray, circa 1920

3x8.25". Copper. Features Hotel Chamberlain, Confederate Monument, and Naval YMCA Building. Japan.

Item 4: Souvenir, Oval metal tray, circa 1920

3.5x4.5". Copper. Bird's-Eye View, Norfolk, Virginia.

Item 5: Souvenir, Oval metal tray, circa 1918

2.75x3.75". Copper. Bank of Commerce Building, Norfolk, Virginia.

Item 6: Souvenir, Seashell metal tray, circa 1930

Approximately 4.25x4.5". Amusement Area on the Chesapeake Bay, Ocean View, Norfolk, Virginia. "Made in Japan."

Item 7: Souvenir, Glass coaster, circa 1980

Diameter 3.5". Pairpoint Glass Company, Sagamore, Massachusetts.

Item 8: Souvenirs, Shot glasses, circa 1990s

2 shot glasses. Norfolk day and night.

Item 9: Souvenir, Cup, 1902

"Souvenir of Norfolk, Va." D. P. Paul, Norfolk, Virginia. Germany. Inscription at top of cup "James, 1902." Text and images on plate feature Fortress Monroe, Monticello Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Old Colonial Church Hampton, and Confederate Monument.

Item 10: Souvenir, Spoon, circa 1900

Sterling silver. Confederate Monument, Norfolk, Virginia, 1899.

Box 7: Oversized Materials, 1858-1994

Includes 48 maps and pages from 27 newspaper issues. Folders 1-3 (Topographic Maps) are located in Map Drawer 15.

Series 1: Maps

Folder 1: Topographic Maps, Bacons Castle - Kempsville, 1954-1977

15 maps. Bacons Castle, Benns Church, Bowers Hill, Buckhorn, Cape Henry, Chesapeake Channel, Chuckatuck, Corapeake, Creeds, Deep Creek, Elliotts Creek, Fishermans Island, Hampton, Hog Island, and Kempsville, Virginia.

Folder 2: Topographic Maps, Kempsville - Norfolk, 1954-1980, 1994

15 maps. Kempsville, Knotts Island, Lake Drummond, Little Creek, Moyock, Mulberry Island, Newport News, and Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 3: Topographic Maps, North Bay - Yorktown, 1953-1973

12 maps. North Bay, Pleasant Ridge, and Poquoson West, Princess Anne, Ship Shoal Inlet, Smithfield, Suffolk, Townsend, Virginia Beach, Whaleyville, Windsor, and Yorktown, Virginia.

Folder 4: Road and Transportation Maps, 1858-1951

Item 1: Map, Map of the Middle States and Part of the Southern, 1858

Number 11. Engraved by J. H. Young.

Item 2: Map, Railroads in Vicinity of Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia, 1948 June

Shows route of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and Norfolk & Petersburg belt.

Item 3: Map, Road Map of Historic Hampton Roads Section, 1924

Map made by Morrie Company, Norfolk, Virginia. Copyright by Elsie A. Stegman.

Item 4: Map, Map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, 1916

The Kenyon Company, Map Makers, Des Moines, Iowa.

Item 5: Map, Norfolk County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highways, 1951 January 1

Prepared by the Department of Highways, Richmond, Virginia.

Item 6: Map, Transportation Map of Norfolk, 1944 July 15

Shows Norfolk car and bus routes.

Series 6: Newspapers

Sub-Series A: Stencils, 1938-1939

Approximately 18x23" stiff sheets of newspaper with text and image indentations from The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

Folder 5: Stencils, The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1938 March 23

Pages 5, 7, 11, and 15.

Folder 6: Stencils, The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1938 March 24, April 4

Page 19; Pages 5 and 7.

Folder 7: Stencils, The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1938 April 15

Pages 3, 6, 7, and 12.

Folder 8: Stencils, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1938 April 17

Part 1, page 4; Part 3, page 4; Part 5, pages 1, 5, and 7.

Folder 9: Stencils, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1938 April 19

Page 15.

Folder 10: Stencils, The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1939 July 18

Pages 1 of Final Edition and Mail Edition, pages 8 and 17.

Folder 11: Stencils, The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1939 July 18

Two sheets, no page numbers.

Box 8: Oversized Materials, 1858-1994

Series 6: Newspapers

Sub-Series B: Papers, 1862-1982

Folder 12: Newspaper, New-York Tribune, 1862 December 4

Includes articles on Fortress Monroe and Suffolk, Virginia.

Folder 13: Newspaper, The Public Ledger, 1878 November 25-26

Two copies. Volume 4, Numbers 98-99.

Folder 14: Newspapers, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1939 September 14, 18-22

Front pages only.

Folder 15: Newspapers, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1939 September 19-22

Front pages only.

Folder 16: Newspaper, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1945 May 7

Headline: "Nazis Quit, V-E Day Officially Tomorrow."

Folder 17: Newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, 1956 January 18

Map Showing the Territory of Princess Anne County to be Annexed by the City of Norfolk, July 1955.

Folder 18: Newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, 1964 April 11

Part 1 of 4. Pages 1-72. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Edition.

Folder 19: Newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, 1964 April 11

Part 2 of 4. Sections A and B.

Folder 20: Newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, 1964 April 11

Part 3 of 4. Sections C and D.

Folder 21: Newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, 1964 April 11

Part 4 of 4. Sections E-G.

Folder 22: Newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot, 1974 July 10

Headline: "Upbeat Plans for Downtown Unveiled."

Folder 23: Newspapers, The Virginian-Pilot, 1979 May 20 and 1993 November 22

Commentary, Section C; and Headline: "New Vision For An Old City."

Folder 24: Newspaper, Norfolk: The First 300 Years, 1982 April 25

The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star.

Folder 25: Newspaper, Norfolk Virginian, 1877 October 21