Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1860-2003 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

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Collection Overview

Title: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1860-2003

Predominant Dates:1960

ID: 002/RG 06/2017-005

Primary Creator: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority

Extent: 6.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged by city sections and neighborhoods, and chronologically where possible.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2017

Subjects: Buildings, Church buildings--Virginia, Hotels, Housing--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Old Dominion University, Streets--Virginia--Norfolk, Urban renewal

Forms of Material: Aerial photographs, Negatives (photographs), Photographs

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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.

Subject/Index Terms

Buildings
Church buildings--Virginia
Hotels
Housing--Virginia--Norfolk
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Old Dominion University
Streets--Virginia--Norfolk
Urban renewal

Administrative Information

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: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority by transfer

Preferred Citation: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, RG 06-2017-005, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed November 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4: Smaller Prints],
[Box 5],
[Box 6: Oversized Photographs],
[All]

Box 4: Smaller Prints

Item 1: Brambleton area aerials, 1988, 2001: Includes approximately 50 prints.
Item 2: Freemason area, circa 1980: Includes approximately 30 prints.
Item 3: Ghent Square houses, circa 1990: Includes approximately 30 prints.
Item 4: Diggs Park ceremony and interiors, 1992: Includes approximately 40 prints.
Item 5: Picnic scenes, Stonebridge section, undated: Includes approximately color 50 prints and negatives.
Item 6: Kimball Terrace and riverfront aerials, 1999 November: Approximately 12 color prints.
Item 7: MacArthur Center Mall site and groundbreaking, 1994 and 1996: Approximately 40 color prints.
Item 8: Pinewell development in Ocean View, circa 1991: Approximately 40 color prints and 12 negatives. Includes dedication ceremony.
Item 9: Attucks Square development, 1990, 1993: Approximately 24 color prints and 20 negatives.
Item 10: Annotated aerials of Brambleton and Berkley, 1998 September: Two negatives.
Item 11: East Beach aerials, circa 1990-2001: Area around 24th Bay Street, prior to East Beach redevelopment. Three color prints and four black and white negatives.
Item 12: MacArthur Center Mall site, 1994 November: Approximately 24 color prints and 12 negatives.
Item 13: Atlantic City piers, 1988 October 7: Ten color prints.
Item 14: Ingleside section, 1992 October 14: Approximately 24 color prints and negatives.
Item 15: Tarrallton Navy housing area, 1997 March: Approximately 24 color prints and negatives.
Item 16: Ocean View aerials around 2nd Bay Street, circa 1980: Approximately 20 black and white prints and 90 negatives.
Item 17: Ocean View, circa 2000: Five color prints. Includes new house and demolition of Warm Sands Motel in East Ocean View.
Item 18: Middle Towne Arch area, 1991 April: Approximately 36 color prints and negatives.
Item 19: Wetlands area, undated: Nine color prints and 28 negatives.
Item 20: Attucks Theater memorabilia, undated: Shots of Louis Armstrong and other stars. Includes nine prints and 30 negatives.
Item 21: Huntersville, 1995 March: Five color prints.
Item 22: Merrimack Landing, 1992: Color negative with children.
Item 23: Boats and Norfolk World Trade Center, undated: One color negative.
Item 24: Roberts Village community center ribbon cutting, 1991 October: Five color prints.
Item 25: Building implosion downtown, undated: One color print.
Item 26: Central Brambleton pond aerials, 1999 March 5: Five color prints.
Item 27: Oakleaf housing area, undated: Four color prints.
Item 28: Leadership Academy, undated: Eight color negatives.
Item 29: Young Terrace aerials, 1990 April: Three color negatives.
Item 30: Oakleaf housing area, undated: Approximately 40 negatives.
Item 31: Freemason area buildings, undated: Approximately 50 black and white negatives.
Item 32: Flooding near downtown gasometers, circa 1960: Possibly from Ash Wednesday Storm in 1962. One negative.
Item 33: Commercial Place and possibly Church Street, circa 1960: Four black and white negatives.
Item 34: Park Place houses and buildings, possibly circa 2005: Approximately 60 color prints. Some photos include street addresses.
Item 35: Atlantic City piers, 1988 October 7: Approximately 12 color prints.
Item 36: Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial site, Atlanta, undated: Nine color prints.
Item 37: Interiors of Oakmont Apartments, 1997: Includes 16 color prints and 22 negatives showing poor living conditions inside apartments.

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4: Smaller Prints],
[Box 5],
[Box 6: Oversized Photographs],
[All]