Detail View: Bill Powell Collection: 600 Block of Broadway
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Filename:
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MCPL_BPC_0059.jpg
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Identifier:
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MCPL_BPC_0059
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Title:
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600 Block of Broadway
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Subject:
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Floods
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Subject:
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Architecture -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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Business enterprises -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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Signs and signboards
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Description:
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Black and white photograph of the 600 block of Broadway in Paducah, KY, during the 1937 Flood. Visible are businesses such as West Kentucky Motor Company (611 - 615 Broadway), the Weille Building (617 - 619 Broadway), Meacham Stores (621 Broadway), Johnston Cleaners (623 Broadway), Broadway United Methodist Church, and more. The photograph appeared in the March 7, 1937 edition of Paducah Sun-Democrat with the caption, "FROM A WINDOW in the Irvin Cobb Hotel the camera saw (top left) flood waters climbing higher on the West Kentucky Motor Company and other Broadway buildings adjoining it."
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Publisher:
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McCracken County Public Library
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Contributor:
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Bill Powell
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Contributor:
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John Robertson
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Date:
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1937
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Type:
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Still image
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Format:
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Image/JPEG
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Language:
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English
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Coverage:
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Paducah (KY)
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Rights:
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Permission for reuse of this image must be obtained through the McCracken County Public Library Local and Family History Department.
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