The collection contains approximately 100 printer's blocks of images that were used in the book "The History of Lower Tidewater Virginia" written by Rogers Dey Whichard, a foreign languages instructor at the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary. The book was published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. in 1959. Each printer's block is wrapped in newspaper with a photograph of the corresponding image from the book taped to the outside.

From Volume I, page 503

From Volume I, page 499

From Volume I, page 484

From Volume I, page 382

From Volume I, page 461

From Volume I, page 192

From Volume I, page 274

From Volume I, page 277

From Volume I, page 353

From Volume I, page 141

From Volume I, page 472

From Volume I, page 474

From Volume I, page 366

From Volume II, page 12

From Volume II, page 18

From Volume II, page 245

From Volume II, page 235

From Volume II, page 232

From Volume II, page 14