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Title	Ocean View Cottage Fire, 1940 - Norfolk, Virginia
Date	1940-01-25
Time Period	1940s
Description	January 25, 1940 photograph of the remnants of waterfront cottages ("waterfront cottage line") destroyed by fire on East Ocean View Avenue in the Ocean View section of Norfolk, Virginia. The East Ocean View Avenue structures destroyed were those of Captain Joseph D. Wood (1440), Wood's spare home (1442), Stanley G. Wood (1430), the Chesapeake Club (1434), P. Q. Lyons (1048), and the Sherwood Apartments. Other persons mentioned in the accompanying newspaper article were Dennis Handy (Sherwood Apartment resident injured), H. L. Handy (Sherwood Apartment resident), B. D. Melchor (summer resident), Robert C. Gregorius (1450 East Ocean View Avenue home damaged), Lucielle B. Sherwood (owner of Sherwood Apartments), Mattie May Bagwell (visitor), William C. Sherwood (son of Lucielle B. Sherwood), A. F. Plant (1416 East Ocean View), Earl M. Plant, C. O. Sherwood (mother of Lucielle B. Sherwood), and Leonard Odom (Virginian-Pilot newspaper boy who photographed the fire during the blaze).
Subjects	Norfolk (Va.)--Fires and fire prevention. Norfolk (Va.)--Fire Department. Ocean View (Norfolk, Va.)
Keywords	Norfolk, Virginia Ocean View Neighborhoods East Ocean View Fires Houses Norfolk Fire Department Wood, Joseph D. Wood, Stanley G. Chesapeake Club Lyons, P. Q. Sherwood Apartments Handy, Dennis Handy, H. L. Melchor, B. D. Gregorius, Robert C. Sherwood, Lucielle B. Bagwell, Mattie May Sherwood, William C. Plant, A. F. Plant, Earl M. Sherwood, C. O. Odom, Leonard Beaches Waterfronts Oceanfronts Cottage Line Waterfront Cottage Line
Location	Norfolk (Va.)
Photographer	Borjes, Charles
Company	Virginian-Pilot Newspaper
Repository	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection;
Host Institution	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	smc-vp-fn0001190-003.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	4 x 5"
Digital Format	JPG
Headline	Six Buildings Burn at View; 36 Homeless (article).
Notes	Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, January 25, 1940. Sanborn Maps, Norfolk 1928-Oct. 1950 vol. 5, 1928-Oct. 1950, Sheet 613. SMC Digitization Phase 2.
Source	From SMC Photograph Collection, FN1190.
Collection	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection SMC Photograph Collection
GPS Coordinates	36.942489, -76.232174
Norfolk AIR	36.942489, -76.232174

Ocean View Cottage Fire, 1940 - Norfolk, Virginia

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