Black and white photo negative of Chillicothe Street during the 1937 Flood. Visible buildings along Chillicothe Street: Lewis Furniture, Denton's, Sears, The National Bank, and Zoellner's Jewelry.
Black & white photograph taken during the 1937 Flood. Herms Floral Company, 817 Sixth (6th) Street. Handwritten on back: Water had receded several inches when this was taken.
Buildings in photograph include: Columbia Theater on Gallia Street, Royal Savings & Loan on Gallia Street and First National Bank at the corner of Gallia & Chillicothe. View is looking west.
Black & white photo image of the old stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia Street and Chillicothe Street. The Masonic Temple Building at the northeast corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets is in the background. View is looking north. The old post office was closed in 1936 because the new post office on Gay Street was opened in September 1936.
Black & white photo image of Trinity Methodist Church located on Gallia Street on the northwest corner of Offnere. Also known as Wesley United Methodist and finally Cornerstone United Methodist, this building was razed in 2005.
Black and White photo of the flooded Norfolk & Western Railway passenger station on Sixteenth (16th) Street in Portsmouth. Because the depot was completed in July of 1931, this photo was taken during the 1937 flood
Black and White photo of the flooded Norfolk & Western Railway passenger station on Sixteenth (16th) Street in Portsmouth. Because the depot was completed in July of 1931, this photo was taken during the 1937 flood.
