Summer in the City

A glimpse of Norfolk, Virginia in the summertime.


[Click on each image to see a larger view.]


[IMAGE: From top of rollercoaster]

View from the top of the Ocean View rollercoaster on July 4, 1958.



[IMAGE: picnic area]

Cooling off in the picnic area at Ocean View, 1958.



[IMAGE: Atlantic Ocean Beach]

Bathers and baskers at Ocean View beach on the 4th of July, 1931.



[IMAGE: Fish.]

A day's catch at Ocean View in 1936.



[IMAGE: Swimmers]

Keeping cool at the YWCA pool in 1937.



[IMAGE: Train]

A favorite way to spend a summer afternoon - all aboard the tots' train at Ocean View Amusement Park, 1948.



[IMAGE: Pitching horseshoes]

Charlie Johnson, representing Lake Taylor City Hospital in the 1983 Handicapped Olympics.



[IMAGE: Volleyball]

Maury High School students enjoy a game of volleyball in 1933.



[IMAGE: Tennis players]

Tennis players holding each other up after a rough match.



[IMAGE: Golf players]

All dressed up for a round of golf, c1929.



[IMAGE: ball team]

Roberts Park girls' softball team, 1970.



[IMAGE: Pushmobiles]

Finalists in the Norfolk Recreation Bureau's 1956 Pushmobile Derby.



[IMAGE: Bathing Beauties]

Bathing Beauty Contest for tots, sponsored by the Norfolk Recreation Bureau in 1952.


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