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Ocean View, VIRGINIA - 1915 - Amusement Park - Norfolk

Description: Ocean View, VIRGINIA - 1915 - Amusement Park - Norfolk: Ocean View is a coastal region in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It has several miles of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay to the north, starting with Willoughby Spit to the west and the Joint Expeditionary Base -- Little Creek in the independent city of Virginia Beach on the east. The area which became known as Ocean View City was originally a 360-acre (1.5 km2) tract called the Magagnos Plantation which had extensive frontage on the Chesapeake Bay east of Willoughby Spit and west of Little Creek. With the advent of additional electric streetcars in the late 19th century, an amusement park was developed at the end-of-the-line and a boardwalk was built along the adjacent beach area. These were a favorite of sailors on leave from the Norfolk Navy Base. Buses replaced the streetcars in the late 1940s. In the mid 20th century, for a number of years, AM radio station WGH broadcast live from a booth under the roller coaster. Completion of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in 1957 connected the Ocean View area to the Virginia Peninsula. However, it and other newer highways encouraged visitors to continue on to the Virginia Beach resort area on the Atlantic Ocean, a small city which boomed after merging with Princess Anne County in 1963. In particular, construction of nearby Interstate 64 and the Virginia Beach Expressway (now part of Interstate 264) made it easier for tourists from afar to bypass Ocean View en route to the Oceanfront area of Virginia Beach. This Divided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1915, is in good condition. C. Bosselman & Co. New York. No. 13010.

Price: 9 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2024-12-26T05:05:19.000Z

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Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 14 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Unit of Sale: Single Unit

Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)

Material: Paper

Year Manufactured: 1915

City: Norfolk

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Brand/Publisher: C. Bosselman & Co.

Subject: Ocean View

Continent: North America

Type: Printed (Lithograph)

Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)

Theme: Amusement Parks

Region: Virginia

Country: United States

Features: Panoramic

Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Postage Condition: Posted

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