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Title	Construction of Azalea Garden - Norfolk, Virginia
Date Range	circa 1938-1939
Time Period	1930s
Description	Late 1930s era photograph of trees and undergrowth being cleared at the future site of the Azalea Gardens project near Little Creek and Lake Whitehurst in Norfolk, Virginia. The project was sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and employed over 200 local African Americans to create the garden. By 1939, there were four thousand azaleas, two thousand rhododendrons and thousands of other trees, scrubs, and flowers.
Subjects	Norfolk Botanical Garden Works Progress Administration.
Keywords	Azalea Gardens City of Norfolk Lake Whitehurst Municipal Government Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk County, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Works Progress Administration WPA African American History Gardens Parks Little Creek Norfolk Municipal Gardens Azalea Garden Project
Location	Norfolk (Va.)
Photographer	Unknown
Repository	Norfolk Public Library (Va.);
Copyright Holder	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection
Usage Rights	This material is copyrighted by the Norfolk Public Library. Reproduction in any form or by any means for reasons other than personal use is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from Norfolk Public Library. For further information or to obtain a high resolution digital copy of this image, please contact the Sargeant Memorial Collection staff at the Norfolk Public Library.
File Name	MCPH-Botanical-Grds-12.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	8 x 10"
Digital Format	JPG
Source	From SMC Photograph Collection.
Collection	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection SMC Photograph Collection
GPS Coordinates	36.902677, -76.201463
Norfolk AIR	36.902677, -76.201463

Construction of Azalea Garden - Norfolk, Virginia

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