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Historic Photos of Norfolk - Peggy Haile McPhillips
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF
NORFOLK
TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY PEGGY HAILE MCPHILLIPS
How many modes of transportation can be spotted in this view of a busy Granby Street at City Hall Avenue on a summer day in 1913? Horses and buggies vie with automobiles, streetcars, pedestrians, and probably a bicycle or two just out of view.
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF
NORFOLK
Turner Publishing Company
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Historic Photos of Norfolk
Copyright © 2008 Turner Publishing Company
All rights reserved.
This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006937086
ISBN: 978-1-59652-332-6
Printed in China
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
WAR AND PEACE AND A NEW CENTURY (1860–1905)
THE WORLD AT OUR DOOR (1906–1920)
A GROWING CITY AND LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT (1921–1945)
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE (1946–1979)
NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS
Ocean View Park in 1920, with the Ocean View Hotel in the foreground. There are at least as many people strolling the boardwalk or relaxing on benches in the park as there are in the water.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This volume, Historic Photos of Norfolk, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals, organizations, and corporations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:
The Sargeant Memorial Room, Norfolk Public Library
The Harry C. Mann Collection of the Library of Virginia
Library of Congress
We would also like to thank the following individuals for valuable contributions and assistance in making this work possible:
W. Troy Valos, for his discovery of many previously unprinted negatives in the Norfolk Public Library collection; Terry McPhillips, for giving up use of the dining room table and many weekends while his wife was laying out this book; and all the gentlemen on the other side of the lens—photographers such as Harry C. Mann, Charles Borjes, H. D. Vollmer, Carroll Walker, and more, who captured our triumphs, our tragedies, and glimpses into our everyday lives, represented on the pages of this book.
PREFACE
Norfolk has thousands of historic photographs that reside in archives, both locally and nationally. This book began with the observation that, while those photographs are of great interest to many, they are not easily accessible. During a time when Norfolk is looking ahead and evaluating its future course, many people are asking, How do we treat the past?
These decisions affect every aspect of the city—architecture, public spaces, commerce, infrastructure—and these, in turn, affect the way that people live their lives. This book seeks to provide easy access to a valuable, objective look into the history of Norfolk.
The power of photographs is that they are less subjective than words in their treatment of history. Although the photographer can make decisions regarding subject matter and how to capture and present it, photographs do not provide the breadth of interpretation that text does. For this reason, they offer an original, untainted perspective that allows the viewer to interpret and observe.
This project represents countless hours of review and research. The writer has reviewed thousands of photographs in numerous archives and greatly appreciates the generous assistance of the individuals and organizations listed in the acknowledgments of this work, without whom this project could not have been completed.
The goal in publishing this work is to provide broader access to this set of extraordinary photographs that seek to inspire, provide perspective, and evoke insight that might assist people who are responsible for determining Norfolk’s future. In addition, the book seeks to preserve the past with adequate respect and reverence.
With the exception of touching up imperfections caused by the damage of time and cropping where necessary, no other changes have been made. The focus and clarity of many images is limited to the technology and the ability of the photographer at the time they were taken.
The work is divided into eras. Beginning with some of the earliest known photographs of Norfolk, the first section records photographs through the first five years of the twentieth century. The second section continues with the early years of the twentieth century through World War I and up to 1920. Section Three moves from the 1920s through World War II. The last section covers the postwar era to recent times.
In each of these sections we have made an effort to capture various aspects of life through our selection of photographs. People, commerce, transportation, infrastructure, religious institutions, and educational institutions have been included to provide a broad perspective.