![[IMAGE: Boat races in Lafayette River.]](../../../images/ships6_b.gif)
Speed boat races watched from the edge of the Lafayette River, 1928.
![[IMAGE: The Showboat.]](../../../images/ships1_b.gif)
The James Adams Floating Theater operated in the North Carolina Sound and the Chesapeake Bay from 1914 to 1941. In 1924, Edna Ferber spent a week on the theater collecting material for her famous novel, Showboat.
![[IMAGE: Norfolk Boat Club]](../../../images/ships2_b.gif)
Making a splash in the Elizabeth River at the foot of Freemason Street -- the Norfolk Boat Club, 1932.
![[IMAGE: Horse hauls boat.]](../../../images/ships3_b.gif)
"Big Ben" (that's the horse) hauls a fishing boat ashore at Ocean View, July 1944.
![[IMAGE: Boat ride. ]](../../../images/ships4_b.gif)
Enjoying a kiddy ride at Ocean View Amusement Park, July 1950.
![[IMAGE: Carrie B.]](../../../images/ships5_b.gif)
"Carrie B" off Waterside, courtesy of Norfolk Harbor Tours. Norshipco in the background, October 6, 1988.
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