Still images include lithograph drawings, photographic prints, artwork, etc.

Major Photograph Collections at SMC:

D. Kevin Elliott Photograph Collection MSS 0000-305 1990s

John Cloyd Emmerson Photograph Collection MSS 0000-309    late 1920s - early 1950s 

Harry Cowles Mann Panoramas Photograph Collection MSS 0000-317 1910s 

Harry Cowles Mann Photograph Collection MSS 0000-318 late 1900s - early 1920s 

James Arthur Murdaugh Photograph Collection MSS 0000-310 late 1910s - early 1950s 

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Photograph Collection   RG-06-0000-001 late 1940s - early 1980s 

Photo Craftsmen Photograph Collection MSS 2016-033 late 1940s - early 1980s 

Sargeant Memorial Collection Card Photograph Collection MSS 0000-401 circa 1880s-1910s 

Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection (Also known as Pilot # 1) MSS 0000-187 mid-1920s to mid-1950s 

(Also known as Pilot # 2) MSS 2021-001 mid-1950s to circa 2000 

Warren Luther Wagner Photograph Collection MSS 0000-315 1910s, 1940s-1950s

Isabella and Carroll Walker Photograph Collection MSS 0000-234 mid-1890s to early 1990s, bulk 1950s-1980s

Published Materials with Significant Still Images (Photographs) Relating to Norfolk:

• Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia). Chicago: H.W. Kennicott & Co, 1895.

• Norfolk, Virginia : a Great Maritime Port and Railroad Center ...: Its Early History ... Its Later Record ... : Portsmouth, Its Sister City : a Record of Its History, a General Review of Its Growth, and a Forecast of Its Future. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1897.

• Brady, Colin. Hermitage Museum and Gardens.  Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2013.

• Gravure Illustration Company. Art Work of Norfolk, Virginia: Published in Nine Parts. Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co, 1902.

• Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation. Naval Station Norfolk.  Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2014.

• Howe Henry. 1845. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts Traditions Biographical Sketches Anecdotes &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions : To Which Is Appended an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia : Illustrated by Over 100 Engravings Giving Views of the Principal Towns Seats of Eminent Men Public Buildings Relics of Antiquity Historic Localities Natural Scenery Etc. Etc. Charleston S.C: Babcock. https://worldcat.org/en/title/1069097

• McPhillips, Peggy Haile. Historic Photos of Norfolk. Nashville: Turner Pub, 2008.

• McPhillips, Peggy Haile. Remembering Norfolk. Nashville, Tenn: Trade Paper Press, 2010.

• Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. Pictures in Maritime Dixie: Norfolk, Va., Port and City: The Chamber of Commerce Book. Norfolk, Va: G.W. Engelhardt, 1893.  https://worldcat.org/en/title/2739254

• Nowitzky, George I. Norfolk; the Marine Metropolis of Virginia, and the Sound and River Cities of North Carolina. A Narrative. Norfolk, Va: Published by Geo. I. Nowitzky, 1889.

• Rose, Ruth A. Norfolk Virginia. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2000.   (Black American series).

• Rose, Ruth A. Norfolk: A People's History. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2007.

• Sheppard, Nancy E. Abandoned Tidewater: Forgotten Relics of Southeastern Virginia. 2020.

• Sheppard, Nancy E. The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads.  Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2016.

• Sheppard, Nancy E. Hampton Roads: Murder & Mayhem.  Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2018.

• Sheppard, Nancy E. Lost Attractions of Hampton Roads.  Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019.

• Walker, Carroll, and Linda G. Fates. Norfolk: A Pictorial History from the "Those Were the Days" Collection. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning, 1975.

• Walker, Carroll. Carroll Walker's Norfolk: A Tricentennial Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning Co, 1981.   

• Walker, Carroll, and Seth Feman. Looking Back to the Future: Norfolk Renewal in Photographs by Carroll H Walker. 2020.

• Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Norfolk's Church Street: Between Memory and Reality. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.

• Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Norfolk Through Time. Arcadia Publishing and Fonthill Media, 2015.  (America through time series). 

• Yarsinske, Amy Waters, and Carroll Walker. Norfolk, Virginia: The Sunrise City by the Sea: a Tribute to Photographer Carroll H. Walker, Sr. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning Co, 1994.

• Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Winter Comes to Norfolk. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia, 1997.  (Images of America series).

City Departments:

Fire and Rescue:

• Norfolk Fire-Rescue: 150 Years 1871-2021. Evansville, Indiana. MT Publishing, 2021.

• Norfolk Firefighters' Association (Norfolk, Va.). History of the Fire Department, Norfolk, Virginia. 1975.

 Police:

• Norfolk (Va.). History of the Police Department, City of Norfolk. [Norfolk, Va.]: [publisher not identified], 1909.

• Norfolk (Va.). Norfolk Police Department: 1797-1993 Commemorative Album. Norfolk, Va: Police Dept, 1993.

• Norfolk (Va.), and Turner Publishing Co. Norfolk Police Department: Into Our Third Century of Service, 1797-2003. Paducah, Ky: Turner Pub. Co, 2003.

• Norfolk (Va.). Norfolk Police: A Legacy Over Two Centuries of Service, Honor & Tradition. 2016.

Educational Institutions: 

• Bogger, Tommy, and Annette Montgomery. A Pictorial History of Norfolk State University, 1935 to 2010: An Enduring Legacy. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 2010.

Ethnic and Social Communities:

• Berent Irwin M. Norfolk Virginia : A Jewish History of the 20th Century. Norfolk Va: JewishHistoryUSA.com. 2001.

• Ford Charles Howard and Jeffrey L Littlejohn. Lgbt Hampton Roads. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2016.

• Norfolk Journal and Guide.  Norfolk's Thirty-Six Percent 64 000 Colored; Homes Churches Schools Business Enterprises Occupations and General Social and Economic Status of the Sixty-Four Thousand Colored Citizens of the City of Norfolk Va.  1927.

• Rose, Ruth A. Norfolk Virginia. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2000.   (Black American series).

• Rose, Ruth A. Norfolk: A People's History. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2007.

Neighborhoods:

• Jackson, A. B. As I See Ghent: A Visual Essay. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning, 1978.

• Ocean View Station Museum (Norfolk, Va.). Ocean View: Norfolk's Playground. [Norfolk, Va.]: Ocean View Station Museum, 2006.

• Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Ocean View. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2001.

Still Images by Time Periods:

1600s - 1700s:

1800-1850s:

Norfolk From Gosport, Virginia by Joshua Shaw  (c. 1819-1821) - Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA)  Object number: 45.15.3 https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/30401/norfolk-from-gosport-virginia?ctx=821137c2-57fa-4a06-9de9-93746d7d2be8&idx=157

 1840s:

• Old Court House at the Corner of E. Main and Nebraska Streets - Also Mrs. Palmer's and Dr. Leigh's Houses Next Door  by Lizzie Camp  (c. 1840) Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA)  Object number: 54.40.76  https://chrysler.emuseum.com/objects/29778/old-court-house-at-the-corner-of-e-main-and-nebraska-street?ctx=a85ba666-0a1c-403f-b430-7b89815c1ae8&idx=8

• Howe Henry. 1845. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts Traditions Biographical Sketches Anecdotes &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions : To Which Is Appended an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia : Illustrated by Over 100 Engravings Giving Views of the Principal Towns Seats of Eminent Men Public Buildings Relics of Antiquity Historic Localities Natural Scenery Etc. Etc. Charleston S.C: Babcock.  https://worldcat.org/en/title/1069097

1860s-1890s:

• Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia). Chicago: H.W. Kennicott & Co, 1895.

1900s-1950s:

• Gravure Illustration Company. Art Work of Norfolk, Virginia: Published in Nine Parts. Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co, 1902.

Other Institutions with Still Images of Norfolk

• Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA)

• Library of Congress (Washington DC)

  • Detroit Photographic Company Collection  https://www.loc.gov/collections/detroit-publishing-company/about-this-collection/

  • Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives https://www.loc.gov/collections/fsa-owi-black-and-white-negatives/about-this-collection/

  • Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey  https://www.loc.gov/collections/historic-american-buildings-landscapes-and-engineering-records/?fa=location:virginia
     

• Library of Virginia (Richmond, VA)

  • Harry C Mann Photograph Collection https://www.virginiamemory.com/

  • Digital Collections - https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA 

    •  National Archives (Washington DC)

• • American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917–1918 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/533461

  • Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918–ca. 1981 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/530707

  • Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation https://catalog.archives.gov/id/542169

  • "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas - Virginia – Norfolk https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68143965

• New York Public Library (New York City, NY)

New York Public Library Digital Collections

• Norfolk State University (Norfolk, VA)

• Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

  ODU Special Collections and Archives' Digital Collections

• Virginia Museum of History and Culture (Richmond, VA)

• Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA)