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Sepia toned drawing of the Washington School built in 1926 on 11th (Eleventh) Street near John Street. It was leased by Happy Hearts from 1965 until 1979. In 1990 Portsmouth Inner City Development Corporation purchased and developed the building…

Tinted image of the LaRoy Theatre located at 848 Gallia Street The name LaRoy came from the owners' names, Simon Labold and Dan W. Conroy. It opened in 1926 to a crowd of thousands, according to a Portsmouth Times article. The building was razed in…

Colored image of Williams Shoe Factory, 830 Murray Street. It was founded March 7, 1922 by three Portsmouth brothers - A. Graves, Forest L., and Paul G. Williams, sons of W. Grant Williams. In 1935 they purchased the Excelsior Shoe Company building…

Black and white photo of a small rural church building

Sepia tone photo of row boats on Chillicothe Street in 1907 flood

Black and white aerial photo of flooded Portsmouth in 1937

Black and white photo of flooded residences and the Selby Shoe Factory on Seventh (7th) Street at the right.

Black and white photo of Market Square in the 1907 flood- looking from Second (2nd) Street.

Black and white photo of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets in the 1913 flood

Black and white photo looking south toward the Masonic Temple at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets in the 1913 flood when the Bragdon Dry Goods Company was located in the building. This Masonic Temple was built in 1906 and…

Black and white photo of a residential area in the 1913 flood

Black and white photo of Blaine L. Smith's Bakery at 836 Gallia Street in the 1913 flood