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  • Collection: 1937 Portsmouth Flood

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Black and white photo of flood destruction. Buildings with damage. Two men in photograph are Emit Johnson and Leroy Smith.

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Black and white photo of flood destruction. Buildings with damage.

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Black and white photo of flood destruction. Buildings with damage.

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Black and white photo of flood destruction. Buildings with damage.

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Black & white photograph. Chillicothe Street with views of Denton's, Hurth Hotel, C & O ticket office, Star Furniture, Wolff, National Bank, Abbott Paint, Grayse Beauty Shoppe, King's Studio, Lewis Furniture, Sears.
N.E.A. (Newspaper Enterprise…

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Looking on Chillicothe Street. Notable buildings: The National Bank Building was located at southeast corner of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets. Wolf Men's Clothing Store was located at 320 Chillicothe Street. Hotel Hurth was located on Chillicothe…

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Black & white photo of Gallia Street in flood of 1937

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Black & white photograph.
Unidentified location in Portsmouth, Ohio.

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Black & white photograph.
Unidentified Portsmouth location.

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Black & white photograph.
Unidentified Portsmouth location.

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Black & white photograph.
H.C. Doughty and unidentified man. Herbert C. Doughty was the division manager of the Ohio Power Company in Portsmouth, Ohio, during the 1937 Flood.

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Black & white photograph.
Unidentified street location in Portsmouth, Ohio, after flood waters had receded, late January-early February 1937.
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