norfolk, virginia

Wasp Sailors Help Maintain Norfolk Botanical Garden

USS Wasp sailors assist the staff of Norfolk Botanical Garden with work in their greenhouse Sept. 14, as part of their ongoing Volunteer Service Program. A total of 18 Wasp sailors spent their day mulching, pai... More

Norfolk, Va. (March 28, 2018) Senior Chief Yeoman

Norfolk, Va. (March 28, 2018) Senior Chief Yeoman Steve Mundy of Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center (ECRC) prepares pancakes for Sailors. The free breakfast provided by the ECRC Chiefs' Mess is in recognit... More

National Coffee Day - US Navy Photo

Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Alfred Coffield, assigned to Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic, pours coffee into miniaturized Styrofoam cups for a National Coffee Day demonstration at Naval Support A... More

Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Charmanda

Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Charmanda Ward, from Chicago, organizes a line heaved aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) during an underway replenishment with the Military S... More

190528-N-KP445-1108 NORFOLK, Virginia (May 28, 2019)

190528-N-KP445-1108 NORFOLK, Virginia (May 28, 2019) Kevin Odham, of Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Hull Division, displays structures created in the Waterjet Shop to a staff member from Herit... More

060729-N-5330L-394 (Jul. 29, 2006)Family and friends of retired US Nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Matthew D. Leistikow, USN Release Status: Releas... More

Norfolk, Virginia, no date, Resolution on Steamboat Line

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Section of the West Front, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

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West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective

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Transverse Section, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

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Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Ground Floor (Basement) Plan

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The West Front of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation

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By his Execellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Maje...

Evans 14592.; Another edition of this on a smaller page was printed at Williamsburg by Alexander Purdie, 1775].; On verso: ViU copy ( two others known: Vi and one in England) The Ship edition. Available also... More

Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, November 16, 1775, Skirmishes wi...

Skirmishes with the British at Hampton, Norfolk, and Jamestown, Virginia

Plan of Princess Ann and Norfolk counties.

Shows names of some residents. Map on 2 sheets sectioned and pasted together. LC Land ownership maps, 1333 Includes historical references. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ima... More

Sketch of the road from Fredericksburg to Norfolk in Virginia.

Not drawn to scale. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1446 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Rural scene in the neighborhood of Milton Constable, Norfolk

Information from accompanying cards: With a finely executed fore-edge painting of a rural scene in the neighborhood of Milton Constable, Norfolk, under the gilt. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

No. [1908] This ticket will entitle the bearer to such prize as may be...

Not in Evans.; On verso: 1796 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 180, Folder 11g.

Vessels destroyed at Norfolk 1861. - Public domain map

Sketch map of "U.S. Navy Yard" vicinity at Portsmouth (Va.) showing buildings, shipbuilding docks, drydock, buoys, and locations of the scuttled U.S. ships "Pennsylvania", "Columbia", "Raritan", and "Delaware".... More

Thomas Jefferson to Norfolk, Virginia, Master of Vessels, July 8, 1807

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To the enemies of Jefferson and Madison, in this district. Norfolk, Ap...

Political campaign.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 182, Folder 22.

Norfolk, from Gosport, Virginia.

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Summer arrangement! Daily line to the South carrying the great central...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 30, Folder 27.

Mineral waters. Seltzer, soda, and Ballstown waters, prepared and sold...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 188, Folder 29.

Salutatory of the editor of the Norfolk Herald ... R. B. Webster. [Nor...

0714 D 12 7 N 44. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 188, Folder 45.

Map of the city of Norfolk and the town of Portsmouth.

Scale [ca. 1:4,800]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Oriented with north toward the left. Copy imperfect: Brittle, torn, varnished, backed by cloth. Includes 6 ill. Al... More

Norfolk from "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia"

This image has been taken from scan 000299 from volume 01 of "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the ... More

map from "Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk"

This image has been taken from scan 000164 from "Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Li... More

map from "Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk"

This image has been taken from scan 000142 from "Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Li... More

Norfolk harbor, Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale 1:10,000. Soundings in feet and fathoms. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/1; 700/1; 710/2

map from "Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk"

This image has been taken from scan 000102 from "Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Li... More

Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connection...

Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in Apr... More

Plan of grounds at Fort Norfolk showing location of magazine pier, &c....

"Forwarded to Governor Letcher With Report and Inventory of Public Property at Norfolk and Portsmouth October 19, 1861, Wm. H. Peters, Commissioner." Peters' report is Document 40 in: Journals and papers of the... More

Plan of grounds at Fort Norfolk showing location of magazine pier, &c....

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Fort Monroe and vicinity showing entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, ...

Scale ca. 1:375,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 546 Shows forts Monroe, Calhoun, Nelson, and Norfolk, Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point, towns, names of features, drainage, roads, and railroads. "View o... More

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, ...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.9 "J. Haven, sole agent, 31 Exchange St." printed in the lower right margin. Panoramic map looking South from Baltimore to Cape Henry. Description derived fro... More

The key to East Virginia showing the exact relative positions of Fortr...

Scale ca. 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 545 "Description of Fortress Monroe" appears in the lower left corner of the map. The important features at Fortress Monroe are keyed by letters to a list. Inset... More

[Outline map of Hampton Roads, and the vicinity of Norfolk, Va.].

Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H88 Imperfect: Lacking top left corner. Available also through the ... More

Norfolk, Virginia Sept. the 12th, 1861

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[Unidentified soldier in Norfolk "Light Blues" Virginia Light Artiller...

Case: Berg, no. 1-93. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Co... More

The navy-yard at Norfolk, Va.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Looking toward docks; PENNSYLVANIA anchored in foreground. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 Mar. 16). Reference copy may be in LOT 4387 B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption c... More

Practicing with the celebrated Sawyer gun on the rebel batteries at Se...

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Plan of the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth, March 1st, 1861

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Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. [September 2, 1862]

Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. September 2, 1862

Twenty-four locations are indexed including "Sutter & Gunmaker, "Photograph Shop," "House for Knapsacks," and "Bowling Alley." Tents of officers and various companies are identified as are cooking houses. Avail... More

Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va. : [Hampton Roads and N...

Map of the Hampton Roads vicinity showing Confederate fortifications/camps, settlements, city street patterns, roads, railroads, canals, streams, vegetation, and swamps. "Note--This map shows the positions of t... More

Map of Hampton Roads and Norfolk Harbor : showing the location of Fort...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Extract from Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Yorktown, with their c...

Shows Virginia Peninsula region, south of Yorktown to Fort Monroe. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy: Publication information annotated in ink. Sun print. Civil War salted paper maps... More

[Map of eastern portion of Virginia : Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, Yorkto...

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Neighborhood of Fort Monroe & Norfolk Harbour Virginia : from the U.S....

[Scene of the late naval fight and the environs of Fortress Monroe, an...

Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye view of Hampton Roads region showing fortifications, camps, the Monitor lying off Fortress Monroe, and "Gen. Burnside's advance" on Suffolk, Va. Title from lower margin of v... More

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

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Admiral D.D. Porter and staff on board flag-ship, Malvern, Norfolk, Vi...

Photo shows group of officers on board the Malvern. At left, holding his coat is W.B. Cushing, fifth from left is A.C. Rhind, Admiral D.D. Porter is in the center, fifth from right is T.O. Selfridge, fourth fro... More

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard - A black and white photo of a man standing...

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], Vol. I, pl. 18. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positiv...

Photo shows Alfred Waud seated on the ruins of the dock destroyed by the Confederates in 1861. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Francis H. Peirpoint to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, August 04, 1864 (T...

Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, Committees to Abraham Lincoln, Frida...

Norfolk & Portsmouth Virginia 1873

D1606 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Drie.

Norfolk & Portsmouth, Virginia 1873.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 958 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

[Family Reunion, Metcalf Homestead, West Wrentham]

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Map showing lines and connections of the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk...

Map of the eastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, stations, and the railroad netowrk with emphasis on the main lines. Includes a list of mileage between stations. 9210 U.S. Copyright Office S... More

Map showing the line of the Virginia, Tennessee, & Georgia Air Line co...

Map of the southern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, table of distances, and the railroads distinguished by color. 20855 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:3,800,000. LC Railroad m... More

The Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia Air Line; the Shenandoah Valley R...

Map of the eastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network emphasizing the main lines. Scale not given. LC Railroad maps, 605 Description derived from publ... More

Norfolk Cottages, England - Public domain dedication, Art Institute of...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description. Peter Henry Emerson (8 April 1856 – 29 January 1936) was a Britis... More

St. Paul's Church, Norfolk, Virginia

St. Paul's Church, Norfolk, Virginia. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

map from "[An Historical Guide to Great Yarmouth ... and neighbourhood...

This image has been taken from scan 000007 from "[An Historical Guide to Great Yarmouth ... and neighbourhood, including the Norfolk Broad Distict. With a plan ... New edition.]". The title and subject terms of... More

Peter Henry Emerson. A Norfolk Boat-Yard. Public domain artistic photo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with water, building, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Peter Henry Emerson (8 April 1856 – 29 January 1936) w... More

Peter Henry Emerson. [A Norfolk Boat-Yard]. Public domain artistic pho...

Peter Henry Emerson (8 April 1856 – 29 January 1936) was a British photographer, writer, and naturalist known for his photographs of the people and landscapes of East Anglia, England. He is also known for his b... More

Map of Norfolk County, Va. : made for and published by authority of th...

Shows names of some residents. Oriented with north to left. Norfolk County was a county of the South Hampton Roads in eastern Virginia, created in 1691. After the Civil War, portions of Norfolk County were lost... More

Peter Henry Emerson. Norfolk Cottages. Public domain artistic photogra...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Peter Henry Emerson (8 April 1856 – 29 January 1936) was a British photographer, writer, and natu... More

1889 perspective map of Norfolk, Neb.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 466 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and... More

Norfolk, Virginia, St. Paul's Church

Title from jacket. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A brief review of the new charter for Norfolk, showing its object to b...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 187, Folder 57.

Norfolk, Virginia, cotton docks

Title from jacket. "G 2504" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 33817. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Map of the Shenandoah Valley route via Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge &...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines. Heavy black lines emphasize the main lines. Timetable information on... More

[Norfolk, Virginia, cotton docks]

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[Norfolk, Virginia, St. Paul's Church]

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Map showing the Norfolk, Wilmington & Charleston Railroad.

Eastern states from Philadelphia to Charleston, S.C., showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroads with lines named and the main line emphasized. 35033 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:267,000. LC Railroa... More

Maps showing the Norfolk, Albermarle & Atlantic Railroad and its conne...

Main map shows southern tidewater Virginia and eastern North Carolina. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, and railroads in blue and red. Scale not given. LC Railroad maps, 489 Description d... More

Bird's eye view of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkley, Norfolk Co., Va.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 959 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 652/2; 651/3

Panorama of Norfolk and surroundings 1892.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 960 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and map. AACR2

map from "[F. Stebbings' Illustrated Guide to Lowestoft ... and the 'B...

This image has been taken from scan 000021 from "[F. Stebbings' Illustrated Guide to Lowestoft ... and the 'Broads' of Norfolk and Suffolk.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Bancroft & Santee at Norfolk, Va., Stereoscope Card

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Court house, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034567. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Custom house, Norfolk, Virginia] - Public domain image. Dry plate neg...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Post office, Norfolk, Virginia] - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...

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Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate neg...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018377. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Norfolk Harbor from Naval Hospital

Attribution based on negative D4-14197. Negative broken, emulsion peeling away. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014198. Gift; State Historical Society of Co... More

[Court house, Norfolk, Virginia] - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...

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Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate neg...

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Former US Navy (USN) Electrician's Mate 3rd Class (ET3) Fred Knutsen l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Station Norfolk Scene Camera Operator: PH2... More

Lafayette Park, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate neg...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073110. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Retired US Navy (USN) CHIEF Personnelman (CPS) Paul Perkins looks at o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Station Norfolk Scene Camera Operator: PH2... More

Custom house, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negat...

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034552. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The US Navy (USN) exhibit Picture Perfect. The Picture Perfect exhibit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Station Norfolk Scene Camera Operator: PH2... More

Norfolk Harbor from Naval Hospital

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Picture Perfect, which features the US Navy (USN) in panoramic photogr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Station Norfolk Scene Camera Operator: PH2... More

Confederate Monument in commercial square, Norfolk, Virginia

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Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate neg...

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