View of Norfolk
Artist
Harry Cowles Mann
(American, 1866 - 1926)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1912
MediumGelatin silver print on texturized paper
Dimensions6 1/8 × 9 9/16 in. (15.6 × 24.3 cm)
InscribedInscriptions on obverse in negative: "H.C.MANN". Inscriptions on reverse, in pencil: "1902"
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.862
Not on view
DescriptionGelatin silver print on a texturized background; depicts a view across waters of harbor to land. Royster Bldg. in center; white steamship to right with letters "N.Y.P. & N.R.R.". Texaco gasoline barge left of center. Glue marks on back of photograph.Label TextView of Norfolk, ca. 1912 Gelatin silver print (photograph) on texturized paper As these photographs show, Mann appreciated both the natural beauty of Tidewater Virginia and the region’s bustling economy. The center image shows commercial traffic in front of Norfolk’s downtown docks, today the site of Town Point Park. Museum Collection 0.862 Exhibition History"Harry C. Mann: Norfolk Photographer," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 2, 2016 - April 2, 2017.
