City Hall Avenue, Norfolk, Va., Looking East
Artist
Harry Cowles Mann
(American, 1866 - 1926)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1912-1915
MediumGelatin silver print on texturized paper
Dimensions9 × 7 9/16 in. (22.9 × 19.2 cm)
InscribedInscription on obverse in negative: "H.C.MANN". Inscriptions on reverse, in ink: "Looking East accross [sic] Granby St., 1912".
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.864
Not on view
DescriptionGelatin silver print on a texturized background; depicts Granby Street, with City Hall in background. Glue marks on back of photo.Label TextCity Hall Avenue, Norfolk, Va., Looking East, ca. 1912–1915 Gelatin silver print (photograph) on texturized paper City Hall Avenue, seen here, was once the site of Town Back Creek. During Mann’s lifetime the creek was filled in to give downtown Norfolk more space to grow. Mann watched the city transform through the creation of new high-rise towers like the Royster Building (on the left) and the Fairfax Hotel (on the right). Museum collection 0.864 Exhibition History"Harry C. Mann: Norfolk Photographer," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 2, 2016 - April 2, 2017.
