City Hall Avenue, Looking East across Granby Street, Norfolk
Artist
Harry Cowles Mann
(American, 1866 - 1926)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1896
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.8 × 24.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19.1 × 24.4 cm)
SignedLower left corner: "H.C. Mann"
InscribedInscription on back in ink: "Looking Across Granby Street 1896". In pencil: "and City Hall". Lower, inversed, in pencil: "1A-OK" "1B-missing, secure to-day's view".
Credit LineGift of Mr. Glasgow Clark
Object number47.18.7
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph depicting a look across Granby Street, in Norfolk, VA.Label TextCity Hall Avenue, Looking East across Granby Street, Norfolk, ca. 1896 American Published by Harry Cowles Mann, ca. 1909–24 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Mann sometimes republished photographs of downtown Norfolk taken by other artists, signing the prints as products of his studio, as seen on the lower left of this image. These might have been paired with more recent pictures by Mann of the same sites, showing before-and-after views. Norfolk’s City Hall is at the center of this photograph, and Town Back Creek, seen in the foreground, was soon filled in to extend City Hall Avenue and facilitate further urban growth. Gift of Mr. Glasgow Clark 47.18.7 Exhibition History"Harry C. Mann: Norfolk Photographer," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 2, 2016 - April 2, 2017.
