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Back in the Day

Drawing from the Pilot’s expansive archive, Virginian-Pilot news researchers Maureen P. Watts and Jakon Hays look back at our local history. We'll post old photos, stories, advertisements, historical front pages and popular columns unearthed from yesterday’s papers; giving readers a glimpse of this region we call Hampton Roads. Feel free to leave comments or remembrances.

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Christmas at CHKD - 1953

New friends gather around a Christmas tree at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters - 1953.

Photo courtesy of the Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Public Library

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