Town of Leesburg, Department of Economic Development Photograph Collection 1998-2008

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195

Summary

Creator:
Town of Leesburg, Department of Economic Development
Abstract:
The Town of Leesburg, Department of Economic Development Photograph Collection is arranged in two series. Series 1 contains primarily aerial photographic prints of Leesburg from 2000-2008. Series 2 consists of special event and ribbon cutting ceremony photographic prints in downtown Leesburg from 1998-2005.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The Town of Leesburg, Department of Economic Development Photograph Collection is arranged in two series. Series 1 contains primarily aerial photographic prints of Leesburg from 2000-2008. Series 2 consists of special event and ribbon cutting ceremony photographic prints in downtown Leesburg from 1998-2005.

Series 1, which comprises the bulk of the collection, contains 4"x6" photographic prints, primarily aerial and many with digital surrogates or negative. Long-time Leesburg resident and insurance agent Sam Legard was hired by the Town to take the photographs. They capture residential and commercial growth in Leesburg and the immediately surrounding areas, especially to the east. Shopping centers at Fort Evans Road, Edwards Ferry Road, and the Leesburg Bypass, as well as commercial and residential development around Battlefield Parkway figure prominently. In the northern end of Leesburg, expansion at Ida Lee Park and Loudoun Hospital, renovations at Morven Park, and the addition of a public school complex are visually recorded.

Series 2 consists of special event and ribbon cutting ceremony photographs collected by the Department of Economic Development. Included are ceremonies for the Leesburg Vintner and the Leesburg Bookstore, then-governor Mark Warner's rally in Leesburg in 2005, and Fall into the Arts in 2006.

Original digital images exist after the latter part of 2006. Images are catalogued in PastPerfect, Thomas Balch Library's visual collections database available onsite, in groups that represent specific sites of interest or rolls of film. The images may be identified in the online index available at www.leesburgva.gov/ThomasBalchLibrary/SpecialCollections by searching vc_rg20.

Biographical / historical:

Economic Development was directed by Executive Department from 1991 to 1997. The Department of Economic Development was established by Leesburg Town Council in Fiscal Year 1998 "to position Leesburg for positive economic growth through commercial, industrial, residential, cultural and social development." In 2004, the Department's duties were expanded to assist in fostering tourism. In Fiscal Year 2008, the Department became the Economic Development and Tourism Division of the Executive Department.

Acquisition information:
Town of Leesburg, Department of Economic Development and Tourism