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Article: PRESERVING THE CITY'S PAST: HISTORIAN'S DETAILED YET LIVELY ACCOUNT SPANS FOUR CENTURIES, CONTAINS MORE THAN 100 RARE PHOTOS.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 19, 2002
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Byline: SUSAN SMITH THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Although the future of South Norfolk may be uncertain, Raymond L. Harper often works into the night to preserve Chesapeake's past.
Mention hot rolls from Gornto's Bakery or the Morgan family who lived above B.L. Smith's grocery or J.E. Burke, watchmaker and jeweler - all who once called Poindexter Street home - and Harper, 74, will want the rest of the story.
Let Frank Portlock, 94, share pictures of ice skaters on Lakeside Park or a trolley ride down Chesapeake Avenue, and Harper wants names, dates and copies.
In 1996, as Harper, a South Norfolk native and long-time resident, organized boxes of ...