What Norfolk looked like in the 1950s Through these Fascinating Photos

#1 Norfolk Drug Store & Soda Fountain, 1950s

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#2 Granby St. at College Place, Grant’s Dept Store, 1950s

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#3 Riverview Theater, 1958

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#4 Ocean View Amusement Park Aerial, 1954

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#5 Wells Theater Norfolk, 1950s

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#6 St Pauls between Olnet & Lewis. Backyards Young Park, 1950s

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#7 Backyards of houses facing Starr Street, 1951

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#8 Planters Suffolk Peanut Co Store Downtown, 1950s

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#9 Roselle Theater Today Bandit Queen, 1951

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#10 Steamboat Virginia Mail, 1950s

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#11 Norfolk, 1950s

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#12 Aerial view looking West, 1950

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#13 Norfolk, 1950

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#14 View looking Northwest at Downtown Norfolk, 1951

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#15 Looking North at Docks & Waterfront Freemason Area, 1952

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#16 Brambleton Avenue at Lincoln Street, 1950s

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#17 View looking North up Monticello Avenue from City Hall Avenue, 1956

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#18 Baltimore Delicatessen, 1958

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#19 Corner of Charlotte Street & Monticello Avenue, 1950s

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#20 Downtown North, 1950s

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#21 Downtown South, 1958

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#22 Main Street at Fenchurch Street, 1958

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#23 Main Street. Commercial Place.Confederate Monument, 1958

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#24 East Main Street looking West, 1958

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#25 Commercial Place & Confederate Monument, 1959

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#26 Demolition of Monticello Hotel, 1950s

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#27 116 East Plume Street, 1950s

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#28 Boush Cold Storage Building, Norfolk, 1950s

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#29 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#30 Norfolk, 1950

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#31 Cumberland Street between Olney & Lewis, 1950

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#32 Slum Conditions. Lodge between Howard & St Pauls, 1950s

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#33 Slum Conditions, 1953

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#34 Looking South St Pauls Boulevard, 1953

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#35 Brambleton Avenue at Church Street, 1953

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#36 Norfolk, 1950s

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#37 Slum Conditions in Norfolk, 1953

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#38 Myers House, 1953

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#39 Norfolk, 1956

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#40 Norfolk, 1958

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#41 Norfolk, 1958

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#42 Aerial view looking North of entire city to Ocean View, 1958

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#43 Spring in Norfolk, 1958

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#44 Old Christ Church, Norfolk, 1958

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#45 Aerial view looking West at Downtown, 1959

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#46 Looking South down Bute Street at Freemason District, 1959

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#47 Brambleton Avenue at Church Street, 1959

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#48 Norfolk, 1950s

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#49 Urban Transformation in Action display, 1950s

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#50 Map of Redevelopment of downtown Norfolk, 1950s

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#51 Norfolk, 1950s

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#52 The New Continental Restaurant, 1950s

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#53 109 PortLock Building, 1950s

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#54 Aerial view looking Northeast, 1950s

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#55 Oakleaf Park, 1950s

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#56 Redevelopment..Slum Conditions.Looking South, 1952

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#57 Naval Grill. Outside NOB Gate 2, 1952

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#58 Slum Conditions, 1950s

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#59 Liberty Park, 1950s

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#60 Looking North from 1st and Merchants bank, 1958

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#61 Downtown North (R-8)…Brambleton Avenue (After). Photograph shows newly widened Brambleton Avenue and surroundind redeveloped area, 1958

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#62 Downtown North (R-8)..Friedman Hardware & Paint Co., 1958

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#63 Downtown North, 1958

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#64 Slum Conditions in Norfolk, 1958

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#65 Downtown North (R-8), 1958

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#66 View looking South at Downtown Norfolk. Young Terrace & Tidewater Gardens in foreground, 1958

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#67 Bank Street Baptist Church. 501 Bank Street, 1958

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#68 Corner of Landing St & Bute St., 1950s

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#69 Church Street, 1950s

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#70 Downtown North, 1950s

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#71 Looking west down City hall Avenue, 1950s

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#72 Construction Site. Bisese & Console, 1950s

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#73 Looking North to Commercial Place from Waterfront, 1959

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#74 Downtown South (R-9). Looking South to Waterfront, 1953

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#75 Downtown South (R-9)..Slum Conditions and Civic Center Site, 1957

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#76 Hotel Roth. Nicky’s Tavern, 1958

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#77 East Main Street. View of Corner of Main Street and Chapel Street, 1958

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#78 Downtown South, 1958

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#79 604 East Main Street.Looking West.from North Side of Street.Drop in Sidewalk is Metcalf Lane, 1958

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#80 Downtown South, Norfolk, 1958 Spring

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#81 Downtown South, Norfolk, 1958 Spring

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#82 Downtown South, 1958

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#83 Norfolk, 1958

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#84 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#85 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#86 Main Street looking West, 1958

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#87 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#88 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#89 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#90 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#91 Downtown, Norfolk, 1958

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#92 East Main Street, 1958

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#93 Site of Kirn Memorial Library, 1959

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#94 Downtown South, 1958

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#95 Commercial Place & Confederate Monument, 1959

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#96 Freemason District, 1950s

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#97 116 Tazewell Street, 1950s

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#98 Norfolk, 1950s

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#99 116 East Plume Street, 1950s

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#100 Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Association, 1950s

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#101 312 Boush Street, 1950s

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#102 451 Boush Street, 1950s

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#103 306 Granby Street, 1950s

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#104 Downtown West, Norfolk, 1955

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#105 Downtown West, Norfolk, 1955

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#106 Downtown West, Norfolk, 1955

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#107 312 Boush Street, 1955

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#108 Boush Cold Storage Building, Norfolk, 1950s

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#109 Boush Cold Storage Building, Norfolk, 1950s

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#110 Boush Cold Storage Building, Norfolk, 1950s

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#111 View of Federal Office Building. Site of Monticello Hotel, Norfolk, 1950s

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#112 Boush Cold Storage Building, 1950s

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#113 Misc views Freemason District, 1950s

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#114 Freemason District, 1950s

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#115 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#116 Boush Cold Storage Building, Norfolk, 1950s

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#117 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#118 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#119 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#120 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#121 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#122 Granby Street, Pedestrian mall, 1950s

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#123 View looking South, 1950

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#124 Aerial View looking South before construction, 1950

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#125 E Ghent South (A-1-1)..New Construction, 1950

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#126 Boutetourt Gardens.East Ghent. Townhouses.

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#127 New construction looking South from Princess Anne Road, 1950s

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#128 Dilapidated house, 1950s

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#129 Homes in Ghent, 1950s

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#130 View looking North.Ghent.East Ghent South, 1950s

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#131 View looking South, 1950s

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#132 Slum Conditions. Outdoor plumbing, 1950s

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#133 Slum Conditions, 1950s

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#134 Starr Street. McIntosh Studio, 1951

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#135 Fourth Street. Young Park, 1951

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#136 Taken from house #622 on Nicholson Street looking West down Nicholson Street, 1951

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#137 Demolition Ceremony, 1951

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#138 Demolition Ceremony, 1951

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#139 Young Park Demolition. Scene showing area being cleared for new Second Precinct Police Station, 1951

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#140 Duckworth Property. Slum Conditions. Site of Young Park, 1951

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#141 Tidewater Gardens. Looking Northeast, 1953

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#142 Aerial view of Civic Center site prior to construction, 1958

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#143 View looking West at Downtown Norfolk. Financial District on left.17 acres site center.Norfolk Scopr upper right, 1950s

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