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Norfolk Public Library

Norfolk's Local History and Genealogical Collection
Pages from Norfolk's Past
    by Peggy Haile McPhillips, City Historian

Buildings
  • Nansemond Hotel
  • Norfolk Borough & County Courts
  • Post Office, Post-Revolutionary
    •  Businesses
  • Shoe Stores
  • Virginia Power Company
    •  Events
  • African American History Month
  • Nine O'clock Gun
  • Norfolk Anniversaries
  • Schneider Cup Race
  • Smallpox
  • Wright Brothers' Flight
  • Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1855
    • Holidays
  • Christmas - likelihood of a White Christmas in Norfolk
  • Valentine Story from 1924
    • Hospitals
  • Norfolk's First Hospital
  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
  • United States Marine Hospital
    		• Libraries
  • Norfolk's First Public Library
  • Norfolk Public Library History
    •  Military
  • Truculent Turtle
  • USS Missouri
    •  Norfolk Government
  • City Managers
  • Norfolk Mayors, 1950-2000
    • Organizations
  • Jockey Club
  • United Way of South Hampton Roads
    • People
  • Boush Family
  • Day, Robert
  • Everts, Klass
  • Heutte, Frederic (899-1979)
  • Kennedy, John F.
  • King, Dr. Martin Luther Jr.
  • Lafayette, Marquis de
  • Popejoy, Loretta
  • Reese, Pee Wee
  • Roberts, Joseph Jenkins
  • Washington, George
    •      		Places
  • Atlantic City
  • Berkley History
  • Boys' and Girls' Clubs
  • Broad Creek Village
  • Campostella Neighborhood
  • Colonial Place
  • Foreman Field Stadium
  • Ghent
  • Lafayette Park
  • Lamberts Point
  • Larchmont
  • Norfolk Boat House
  • Norfolk's First Shopping Center
  • MacArthur Memorial(s)
  • Willoughby Spit
  • Wishing Tree
    • Police
  • First Police Motorcycle Patrol
    •  Radio & Television
  • Norfolk's First Radio Station
  • WCMS Country Music Station
    • Schools
  • Norfolk Public Schools
  • Norfolk State University
  • Public School Names
    		• Sports
  • Baseball in Norfolk
    • Streets
  • College Place
  • Colley Avenue
  • Magnolia Avenue
  • Norfolk's First Railroad Underpass
  • Street Lamps
  • Street Names
  • Virginia Beach Boulevard
    • Transportation
  • Commercial Air Passenger Service
  • Ferry Service
  • Last Streetcar Run in Norfolk
    • Weather
  • Weather History
    • Water Department
  • Municipal Waterworks
  • Water Shortage, 1919-1920
  • Water Wells
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