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  Crane working on high construction

  Black & white photo of crane at construction site, perhaps part of the floodwall construction in the 1940's
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  Scene On West Second (2nd) Street, Near Market Street, 1872

  Black and white photo image of West Second (2nd) Street near Market Street. The first building on the left was George Davis & Company Feed Store which sold corn, oats, and hay. Next to this building was the Oehlschlager Coal Office which held the city scales and the Ohio Farmers office. The agent was W. H. Bonsall. The building next to this was Mathew W. Thompson & Son Feed Store, a commission merchant.
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  Front And Waller Streets, February 1884

  Black and white photo image of Front and Waller Streets after the flood in 1884. A house is tipped over and there are unknown individuals in the background.
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  North West Corner Of Second (2nd) And Court Streets 1884

  Black and white photo image of some unknown individuals at the north west corner of Second (2nd) and Court Streets in 1884. The men appear to be attempting to fix the road.
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  The Micklethwate Corner, Second (2nd) And Market Streets, site of the "Washington"

  Black and white photo image of the Micklethwate Corner on Second (2nd) Street. The site would become home to the Washington Hotel, built in 1901.
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  Flood Of 1897 Chillicothe Street

  Black and white photo image of a group of unknown individuals on Chillicothe Street during the 1897 flood.
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  Three men in row boat in flood

  Sepia tone photo image showing homes, flooded street and three men in row boat.
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  Hotel Norfolk

  Black and white photo image of the Hotel Norfolk, located at the southeast corner of Waller and Tenth (10th) Streets.
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  1884 Flood Jefferson Street

  Black and white photo image of Jefferson Street during the 1884 flood in Portsmouth.
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  The "Huston Corner," Second (2nd) And Court Streets, 1876

  Black and white photo image of the "Huston Corner" located at Second (2nd) and Court Streets. Sitting on the corner is Kirsch Stoves & Tinware, owned by John Kirsch.
  
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  Fourth (4th) And Washington Streets, February 12, 1884

  Black and white photo image of the flood of 1884 on Fourth (4th) and Washington Streets. Unknown individuals float in boats near the destruction of an unknown building.
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  Chillicothe St. Looking North From Second (2nd), Portsmouth, O.

  Colorized image of Chillicothe Street looking north from Second (2nd) Street. The Corner Book Store is sitting at 205 Chillicothe Street. Across from the book store is the Turley Building, 206 Chillicothe.