The Out-of-Towners

Famous visitors to Norfolk, Virginia through the years.


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Dwight D. Eisenhower's running mate, Richard M. Nixon, speaks to Norfolk voters in October 1952.
[IMAGE: Richard Nixon ]

The Jamestown Exposition in 1907 drew many special visitors to Norfolk. Among them was William Jennings Bryan.
[IMAGE: William Jennings Bryan]

Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey shows off the tools of his trade.
February 1949.
[IMAGE: Jack Dempsey]

German prisoners of war break for lunch while working at the Weaver Fertilizer Company plant.
April 1944.
[IMAGE: German POWs eating lunch]

Gene Autry makes a hospital visit while in Norfolk in 1948.
[IMAGE: Gene Autry]

President Harry S. Truman tours the Norfolk Naval Base in September 1947.
[IMAGE: Harry Truman]

A 1943 Mercedes-Benz, personal car of Hermann Goering, is exhibited in the Selden Arcade in December 1945.
[IMAGE: Mercedes-Benz]

Matinee idol John Payne at bond rally in front of the Norfolk Court House, September 1942.
[IMAGE: John Payne]

America's Sweetheart, Mary Pickford, accepts the key to the city from Mayor John Gurkin in September 1939.
[IMAGE: Mary Pickford]

Singer Kate Smith appears at Foreman Field in November 1936.
[IMAGE: Kate Smith]

John Salling and William J. Boush, two of the last Confederate veterans, are feted in Norfolk at the final reunion.
May 1951.
[IMAGE: John Salling and William J. Boush]

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, in Norfolk to lead a march for equality in education, is shown at a news conference with Mayor Vincent Thomas.
May 1983.
[IMAGE: Reverend Jesse Jackson and Mayor Vincent Thomas]

The Great Gildersleeve autographs a photograph to bring cheer to a young fan in 1956.
[IMAGE: The Great Gildersleeve]

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