Firsts and Lasts

The first bridge-tunnel connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth on opening day.

23 May 1952

The last day of elementary school at John Marshal School.

11 June 1937

The first house in Norfolk to receive a certificate from the Norfolk Adequate Wiring Bureau (Lake Terrace).

25 September 1939

Norfolk's first parking meters are installed in the downtown business area. Parking was 5 cents an hour; the fine for an expired meter was $1.00.

25 February 1937

William Townsend (105), John Salling (104), and William Bush (105) attend the 61st and final reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, held in Norfolk.

30 May - 2 June 1951

Looks like the last ride for the family sedan.

4 October 1930

Admiral Joseph Taussig presents a loving cup to Michael Lovejoy, first baby born to parents living at Benmoreell. The cup was a gift from Rear Adm. Ben Moreell, for whom the Navy housing development was named.

4 June 1941

First day of business at the National Bank of Commerce, reopened after the Depression.

13 March 1933

A reporter poses beside the first staff car of the Virginian Pilot.

1925

Norfolk residents shop for their first television sets as WTAR brings network television to Tidewater.

14 March 1950

Lee Daughtry, Queen, greets her court at the first Crepe Myrtle Festival.

10 August 1951

A line forms at the liquor store on the first day of reopening after Prohibition.

28 May 1934

George Doumar and his ice cream cone-making machine, used at Coney Island, New York in 1905 for the first time.

21 July 1979

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