By Tyler Willis
Title: Nicholas John Pope, Jr. Photograph Collection, 1919, 1945, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966-1973
Predominant Dates:1964, 1966-1971
ID: 007/MSS 2024-014
Primary Creator: Pope, Nicholas John, Jr. (1918-2012)
Other Creators: Arnold, Millard, Burker, Wally, Clarke, Neal, Colonial Helicopters, Inc., Fischbeck, R.V., Haycox Photoramic, Inc., Larson, Chiles, McKay, Sam, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Photo Craftsmen, Pickening, John, Ringo, S. H., Robbins, James Jr., Taylor, Medford, Virginian-pilot, VU Photos, Walker, Carroll, Winston, Dennis
Extent: 0.42 Linear Feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject and then chronological within each subject.
Date Acquired: 06/13/2024
Subjects: Banks and banking--Virginia, Berkley (Norfolk, Va.), Boats and boating, Buildings, Central business districts--Virginia--Norfolk, Church buildings--Virginia, Construction, Elizabeth River (Va.), Ghent (Norfolk, Va.), Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk, Hotels, Housing--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, People, Portsmouth (Va.), Virginia Beach (Va.)
Forms of Material: Aerial photographs, Photograph albums, Photographs
Languages: English
Nicholas John Pope, Jr. was a retired Commander in the United States Navy who was from Norfolk, Virginia. He was born in East Chicago, Indiana on July 7th, 1918. He joined the Navy in 1940 and flew over 400 combat missions in the Mediterranean and Atlantic while stationed in North Africa serving under Paul “Bear” Bryant. After the war, he continued to serve in the Navy as a public relations officer until his retirement from active duty in 1964. Nicholas John Pope, Jr. continued his career with a public interest show on NBC affiliate, WAVY-TV where he also served as Public Relations Director. In addition, he held the position of Public Relations Director at the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and also worked for the Virginia Opera Association. Nicholas John Pope, Jr. was educated at UCLA, where he played football and at Oglethorpe University. Nicholas John Pope, Jr. passed away at the age of 94 on November 19th, 2012.
During his career, Nicholas John Pope, Jr. was known as a Junior. He has a son by the name of Nicholas John Pope, III, who has referred to his father as a Senior.
Banks and banking--Virginia
Berkley (Norfolk, Va.)
Boats and boating
Buildings
Central business districts--Virginia--Norfolk
Church buildings--Virginia
Construction
Elizabeth River (Va.)
Ghent (Norfolk, Va.)
Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk
Hotels
Housing--Virginia--Norfolk
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
People
Portsmouth (Va.)
Virginia Beach (Va.)
Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source: Timothy McMahon Pope, Sr. by donation
Processing Information: Processed December 04, 2024
Photograph of automobiles parked in the lot of the Gulf autobody shop looking west at the intersections of Brambleton Avenue, West Brambleton Avenue, and Boush Street in the City of Norfolk.
VU Photos Negative Number: 362
Photograph of automobiles parked in the lot of the Gulf autobody shop looking east at the intersections of West Brambleton Avenue, Brambleton Avenue, and Boush Street in the City of Norfolk. The Norfolk Ledger-Star and Federal Courthouse buildings can be seen in the background.
Fariss Pictures, Inc. Negative File Number: 3323
Photograph of children riding on and pushing a homemade go-kart at the intersection of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Maltby Avenue in the City of Norfolk.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: DRW 68-56-2
Photograph of the frame of the body of a car in an empty lot surrounded by litter near a couple of buildings located in the City of Norfolk.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-22-20
Photograph of the front of The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, Virginia.
Haycox Photoramic, Inc. Negative Number: C62-98-5
Photograph of tourists entering and exiting the MacArthur Memorial in the former Norfolk City Hall building in Norfolk, Virginia.
Haycox Photoramic, Inc. Negative Number: 64 87
Photograph of the front of The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, Virginia.
Haycox Photoramic, Inc. Negative Number: 64-594-6
Photograph of the former Christ Church boarded up and surrounded by vegetation overgrowth on East Freemason Street in Norfolk, Virginia.
Vu Photos, Inc. Negative Number: 733
Photograph of the rear facade of the former Christ Church boarded up on East Freemason Street in Norfolk, Virginia.
Vu Photos, Inc. Negative Number: 736
Photograph of the emptied sanctuary from the interior of the former Christ Chuch located on East Freemason Street in Norfolk, Virginia.
Vu Photos, Inc. Negative Number: 737
Photograph of two large stained glass windows from the interior of the former Christ Church building located on Freemason Street in Norfolk, Virginia.
Vu Photos, Inc. Negative Number: 738
Photograph of a row of brick apartment buildings in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: SLM 67-1-32
Photograph of homes in Mowbray Arch in the Ghent Neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: SLM 67-1-9
Bird's eye view of Mowbray Arch and Downtown Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: CTAL-2
Photograph of house number 346 boarded up with broken glass windows on the north side of West 14th Street in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia with Van Wyck Library in the background.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: SLM 68-39-1
Photograph of Commander H W Bixon's protest sign in Ghent Conservation Project at the former 709 Raleigh Avenue address in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 68-5-1
Photograph of homes in a residential neighbordhood in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 68-5-6
Photograph of an alley of apartment buildings with metal staircases located in the City of Norfolk.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 68-5-20
High rise buildings in Downtown Norfolk in Virginia, featuring MacArthur Memorial at the former City Hall building in the background and a large parking lot of cars in the foreground.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: DRW 69-6-5
High rise buildings and building development near an empty parking lot with advertising billboards in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 69-52-7
Photograph of the Golden Triangle Motor Hotel located in the City of Norfolk.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 69-62-1
Photograph of a old two-story brick commercial or industrial building with debri along the foundation in the City of Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 70-6-42
Photograph of a business complex with a courtyard, covered walkway, fountain, and high rise buildings in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 70-64-14
Bird's eye view of the Scope looking south from Brambleton Avenue with Chrysler Hall in the background and the rear facade of the U.S. District Courthouse to the west from Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.
Haycox Photoramic, Inc. Negative File Number: 71-226
Photograph of the Willoughby-Baylor House in the City of Norfolk.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-78-1
Photograph of Antioch Baptist Church at the intersection of Dinwiddie Street and East Berkley Avenue in Norfolk's Southside.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-113-6
Photograph of First Baptist Church, Berkley, with its former architectural facade located at the intersection of Berkely Avenue, Extended and Culpepper Street in Norfolk's Southside.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-113-20
Photograph of MacArthur Memorial looking across the former lot of the current Plume Fountain location, more commonly known as Commerical Place Fountain, from East Main Street at Commerical Place in Norfolk, Virginia. Fountain Park Garage is shown to the west of the lot with signage for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-3
Photograph of MacArthur Memorial looking across the former lot of the current Plume Fountain location, more commonly known as Commerical Place Fountain, from East Main Street at Commerical Place in Norfolk, Virginia. Fountain Park Garage is shown to the west of the lot with signage for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, Inc.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-3
Photograph of the First National Bank building in Norfolk, Virginia, with United Virginia Bank building in the foreground.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-22
Photograph of the First National Bank building in Norfolk, Virginia, with United Virginia Bank building in the foreground.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-22
Photograph of the First National Bank building with MacArthur Memorial and United Virginia Bank in the foreground.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-23
Photograph of the School Administration building at 800 East City Hall Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-24
Photograph of the School Administration building at 800 East City Hall Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-24
Sculpture outside of the YWCA South Hampton Roads building on 500 Plume Street in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-25
Photograph of the YWCA South Hampton Roads building at 500 Plume Street in Norfolk, Virginia near the MacArthur Memorial building.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-26
Photograph of buildings on Plume Street looking west, including the former Board of Trade building.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-27
Photograph of buildings on Plume Street looking west, including the former Board of Trade building.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-27
Photograph of the School Administration building at 800 East City Hall Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-33
Photograph of the School Administration building at 800 East City Hall Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-33
Photograph of a dilapidated home in Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-124-6
Photograph of a home with an overgrowth of vegetation and broken picket fence in Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: 71-124-10
Photograph of a home with an overgrowth of vegetation and broken picket fence in Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: 71-124-10
Photograph of a two story duplex home near railroad tracks in the Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA71-124-13
Photograph of a boarded up two story home in the Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-124-19
Photograph of a boarded up two story home in the Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-124-19
Photograph of an abandoned used auto parts building with boarded windows and graffiti on the exterior facade in the Berkley II development area.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 71-124-24
Photograph of a neighborhood in East Ghent including homes and businesses.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-22-9
Photograph of a ngihborhood in East Ghent featuring homes and businesses.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-22-10
Photograph of a large two-story brick apartment building at the intersection of Craig Street and Walker Street in the Berkley neighborhoon of the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-38-24
Photograph of a row of duplex homes in the Berkley neighborhood of the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-38-25
Photograph of Full Gospel Church of Deliverance in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-44-3
Photograph of two residences, 1008 and 1010 East Berkley Avenue in the Berkley neighborhood of the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-44-5
Photograph of two residences, 1008 and 1010 East Berkley Avenue in the Berkley neighborhood of the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 72-44-6
Photograph of an abandoned Used Auto Parts building in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 722-44-8
Photograph of an abandoned Used Auto Parts building in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 722-44-8
Photograph of the ceiling from the interior of the Van Peenen-Royster House at 303 Colonial Avenue in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia. This was the home of Frank S. Royster, who opeated the Royster Guano Fertilizer Company in Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Packet Number: MDA 73-16-23
Photograph of the Norfolk Academy building, designed by architect Thomas Ustick Walter, from St. Paul's Boulevard in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 70-137-11
Photo Craftsmen Negative Number: 20-934
Bird's eye view of construction of the Scope in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
Negative Number: 69-584
Photograph of a construction worker spray painting the side of the Carva Foods building brick wall during demolition in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: MDA 69-118-3
Photograph of the demolition of a Ghent residential structure on Olney Road near Colonial Avenue for a redevelopment project site in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 70-11-5
Photograph of East Ghent residential structures being cleared from the demolition of the redevelopment project site in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Numbe: JP 71-1-2
Photograph of two boys on top of rubble from the demolition of a building in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-5
Photograph of the demolition of a residential stucture in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-6
Photograph of a residential structure with broken windows and a sign afixed to the brick facade that says "Danger Demolition" in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Packet Number: NJP 71-11-1
Photograph of the East Ghent demolition site next to the Eash Ghent Model City Neighborhood Office in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-9
Photograph of the demolition of residential structures a the corner of Graydon Avenue in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-10
Photograph of the demolition of a residential structure near a school zone in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-11
Photograph of the demolition of a timbe framed building in disrepair in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-12
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-13
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-14
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-17
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-18
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-19
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-20
Demolition of First Baptist Church on Westover Avenue and Moran Avenue, now Botetourt Gardens, after its destruction from a fire in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-21
Photograph of the demolition of residential structures with rubble piled in dump trucks in East Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-34
Photograph of children standing in a yard outside of a wood frame home in Berkley in the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: SLM 66-9-59
Photograph of a woman and children in a small yard outside of a wood frame home in Berkley in the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: SLM 66-9-60
Photograph of a woman and children in a yard in Berkley in the Southside in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: SLM 66-9-60
Photograph of a group of three men having a discussion, performing survey work in a neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-15
Photograph of a young man at a basketball court, taken through the window of a building in Norfolk, Virginia.
NRHA Negative Packet Number: NJP 71-11-16
