Still images include lithograph drawings, photographic prints, artwork, etc.

 

Major Photograph Collections at SMC:

 

Title of Photograph Collection

(Link to Digitized Copies)

Accession Number

(Link to Catalog Record)

 Date Range Notes
D. Kevin Elliott Photograph Collection MSS 0000-305 1990s Elliott was one of the Virginian-Pilot staff photographer. 
John Cloyd Emmerson Photograph Collection MSS 0000-309   late 1920s - early 1950s  
Harry Cowles Mann Panoramas Photograph Collection MSS 0000-317 1910s  
Harry Cowles Mann Photograph Collection MSS 0000-318 late 1900s - early 1920s  
James Arthur Murdaugh Photograph Collection MSS 0000-310 late 1910s - early 1950s  
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photograph Collection 

RG-06-0000-001

 late 1940s - early 1980s  
Photo Craftsmen Photograph Collection MSS 2016-033 late 1940s - early 1980s  

Sargeant Memorial Collection Card Photograph Collection

MSS 0000-401

circa 1880s-1910s

  
Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection MSS 0000-187  mid-1920s to mid-1950s Also known as "Pilot # 1"
  MSS 2021-001 mid-1950s to circa 2000 Also known as "Pilot # 2"
Warren Luther Wagner Photograph Collection MSS 0000-315 1910s, 1940s-1950s  
Isabella and Carroll Walker Photograph Collection MSS 0000-234 mid-1890s to early 1990s, bulk 1950s-1980s  
       

 

Published Materials with Significant Still Images (Photographs) Relating to Norfolk:

 

  • Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia). Chicago: H.W. Kennicott & Co, 1895.
  • Norfolk, Virginia : a Great Maritime Port and Railroad Center ...: Its Early History ... Its Later Record ... : Portsmouth, Its Sister City : a Record of Its History, a General Review of Its Growth, and a Forecast of Its Future. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1897.
  • Brady, Colin. Hermitage Museum and Gardens.  Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2013.
  • Gravure Illustration Company. Art Work of Norfolk, Virginia: Published in Nine Parts. Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co, 1902.
  • Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation. Naval Station Norfolk.  Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2014.
  • Howe Henry. 1845. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts Traditions Biographical Sketches Anecdotes &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions : To Which Is Appended an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia : Illustrated by Over 100 Engravings Giving Views of the Principal Towns Seats of Eminent Men Public Buildings Relics of Antiquity Historic Localities Natural Scenery Etc. Etc. Charleston S.C: Babcock. https://worldcat.org/en/title/1069097
  • McPhillips, Peggy Haile. Historic Photos of Norfolk. Nashville: Turner Pub, 2008.
  • McPhillips, Peggy Haile. Remembering Norfolk. Nashville, Tenn: Trade Paper Press, 2010.
  • Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. Pictures in Maritime Dixie: Norfolk, Va., Port and City: The Chamber of Commerce Book. Norfolk, Va: G.W. Engelhardt, 1893.  https://worldcat.org/en/title/2739254
  • Nowitzky, George I. Norfolk; the Marine Metropolis of Virginia, and the Sound and River Cities of North Carolina. A Narrative. Norfolk, Va: Published by Geo. I. Nowitzky, 1889.
  • Rose, Ruth A. Norfolk Virginia. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2000.   (Black American series).
  • Rose, Ruth A. Norfolk: A People's History. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2007.
  • Sheppard, Nancy E. Abandoned Tidewater: Forgotten Relics of Southeastern Virginia. 2020.
  • Sheppard, Nancy E. The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads.  Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2016.
  • Sheppard, Nancy E. Hampton Roads: Murder & Mayhem.  Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2018.
  • Sheppard, Nancy E. Lost Attractions of Hampton Roads.  Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019.
  • Walker, Carroll, and Linda G. Fates. Norfolk: A Pictorial History from the "Those Were the Days" Collection. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning, 1975.
  • Walker, Carroll. Carroll Walker's Norfolk: A Tricentennial Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning Co, 1981.   
  • Walker, Carroll, and Seth Feman. Looking Back to the Future: Norfolk Renewal in Photographs by Carroll H Walker. 2020.
  • Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Norfolk's Church Street: Between Memory and Reality. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
  • Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Norfolk Through Time. Arcadia Publishing and Fonthill Media, 2015.  (America through time series). 
  • Yarsinske, Amy Waters, and Carroll Walker. Norfolk, Virginia: The Sunrise City by the Sea: a Tribute to Photographer Carroll H. Walker, Sr. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning Co, 1994.
  • Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Winter Comes to Norfolk. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia, 1997.  (Images of America series).

 

City Departments:

Fire and Rescue:

  • Norfolk Fire-Rescue: 150 Years 1871-2021. Evansville, Indiana. MT Publishing, 2021.
  • Norfolk Firefighters' Association (Norfolk, Va.). History of the Fire Department, Norfolk, Virginia. 1975.

 Police:

  • Norfolk (Va.). History of the Police Department, City of Norfolk. [Norfolk, Va.]: [publisher not identified], 1909.
  • Norfolk (Va.). Norfolk Police Department: 1797-1993 Commemorative Album. Norfolk, Va: Police Dept, 1993.
  • Norfolk (Va.), and Turner Publishing Co. Norfolk Police Department: Into Our Third Century of Service, 1797-2003. Paducah, Ky: Turner Pub. Co, 2003.
  • Norfolk (Va.). Norfolk Police: A Legacy Over Two Centuries of Service, Honor & Tradition. 2016.

 

Educational Institutions: 

  • Bogger, Tommy, and Annette Montgomery. A Pictorial History of Norfolk State University, 1935 to 2010: An Enduring Legacy. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 2010.

 

Neighborhoods:

  • Jackson, A. B. As I See Ghent: A Visual Essay. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning, 1978.
  • Ocean View Station Museum (Norfolk, Va.). Ocean View: Norfolk's Playground. [Norfolk, Va.]: Ocean View Station Museum, 2006.
  • Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Ocean View. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2001.

 

Still Images by Time Periods:

 

1600s - 1700s:

 

 

1800-1850s:

 

Norfolk From Gosport, Virginia by Joshua Shaw  (c. 1819-1821) - Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA)  Object number: 45.15.3 https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/30401/norfolk-from-gosport-virginia?ctx=821137c2-57fa-4a06-9de9-93746d7d2be8&idx=157

 

 

1840s:

Old Court House at the Corner of E. Main and Nebraska Streets - Also Mrs. Palmer's and Dr. Leigh's Houses Next Door  by Lizzie Camp  (c. 1840) - Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA)  Object number: 54.40.76  https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/29778/old-court-house-at-the-corner-of-e-main-and-nebraska-street?ctx=a85ba666-0a1c-403f-b430-7b89815c1ae8&idx=8

Howe Henry. 1845. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts Traditions Biographical Sketches Anecdotes &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions : To Which Is Appended an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia : Illustrated by Over 100 Engravings Giving Views of the Principal Towns Seats of Eminent Men Public Buildings Relics of Antiquity Historic Localities Natural Scenery Etc. Etc. Charleston S.C: Babcock.  https://worldcat.org/en/title/1069097

 

1860s-1890s:

  • Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia). Chicago: H.W. Kennicott & Co, 1895.

 

1900s-1950s:

  • Gravure Illustration Company. Art Work of Norfolk, Virginia: Published in Nine Parts. Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co, 1902.

 

Other Institutions with Still Images of Norfolk

 

 

 

  • New York Public Library (New York City, NY)

  • Norfolk State University (Norfolk, VA)

  • Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

  • Virginia Museum of History and Culture (Richmond, VA)

  • Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA) 

 

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