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Harry C. Mann Panoramic Photograph Collection

Photograph Collection

C1: 159
ca.1910–1917
58 panoramas

C1: 159 Harry C. Mann Panoramic Photograph Collection

A companion to our larger Harry C. Mann Photograph Collection, this digitized set of 58 panoramic images of Norfolk and Virginia Beach provide a sense of scale (often epic) for collective human activities in environments specific to those activities. Included are early-twentieth-century panoramic views of Virginia Beach First Baptist Church, the Chautauqua Building, O’Keefe’s Casino, Norfolk’s Miller & Rhoads department store on Plum Street, McKendree Methodist Church, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Harbor, Willoughby Spit, Elizabeth City, and Glenwood Park.

C1: 159 Harry C. Mann Panoramic Photograph Collection

Arrangement and access:
The original negatives are part of the collection at Norfolk Public Library.

References:
Norfolk Public Library Newsletter, vol. 2, no. 3 (Spring 2008)

Related resources and collections:
Harry C. Mann Photograph Collection, C1: 008

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Miller & Rhoads Stock Certificate Collection

Ephemera Collection

C1: 120
1906
16 stock certificates

On February 19, 1906, twenty-one years after it began in Richmond as a dry goods shop, Miller & Rhoads department store was legally incorporated with the issue of sixteen stock certificates, representing a total of 350 one-thousand dollar shares, combined holdings of $350,000 against an authorized Capital Stock of $500,000. Miller & Rhoads, Inc., would go on to become an anchor of Richmond’s economy, making a name for itself as “the largest department store in the South,” combining genteel service with sophisticated taste.

C1:120 Miller & Rhoads Stock Certificate, issued to L.O. Miller, Februrary 19, 1906. (LVA 10_1319_012)

The founding certificates were issued as follows: nos. 1–7 to president Linton Miller, 8–14 to treasurer Webster Rhoads, and 15 and 16 to secretary A. B. Laughon. The ornate certificate templates were printed locally at Southern Stamp and Stationery Co., and feature large embossed seals. All are “cancelled” in various handwritings.

  • C1:120 Miller & Rhoads Stock Certificate, issued to L.O. Miller, Februrary 19, 1906. (LVA 10_1319_013)
    C1:120 Miller & Rhoads Stock Certificate, issued to L.O. Miller, Februrary 19, 1906. (LVA 10_1319_013)
  • C1:120 Miller & Rhoads Stock Certificate, issued to L.O. Miller, Februrary 19, 1906. (LVA 10_1319_012)
    C1:120 Miller & Rhoads Stock Certificate, issued to L.O. Miller, Februrary 19, 1906. (LVA 10_1319_012)

Arrangement and access:
Numerical by certificate

Provenance:
Purchased, date unknown

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