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  • Collection: 1937 Portsmouth Flood

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Black & white photograph.
Unidentified flooded Portsmouth neighborhood.

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Black & white photograph.
Residents looking on as the flood waters rise along the Ohio River. U.S. Grant Bridge in the background.

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Black & white photograph.
Henry Massie School, located at the base of the U.S. Grant Bridge, corner of Second (2nd) & Chillicothe Streets.

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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 individuals standing along the Grant Bridge, near the Daily Times building, as flood waters swell.

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Black & white photograph.
Glockner Chevrolet Company
Corner of Second (2nd) and Chillicothe Street

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Black & white photograph.
Garden Theater, 718 Chillicothe Street

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Black & white photograph.
East end of Gallia Street. The Ford Motor Cars Sales & Service building on the far right side was located at 1112-1120 Gallia Street.

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Black & white photograph.
Gallia Street, looking west toward Chillicothe Street.

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Black & white photo of Gallia Street in flood of 1937

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Black & white photograph.
Gallaher Drug Company
424 Chillicothe Street

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Black & white photograph.
The flood wall along Front Street as the flood waters rose.
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