COLLECTION NAME:
Bill Powell Collection
Record
Filename:
MCPL_BPC_0025.jpg
Identifier:
MCPL_BPC_0025
Title:
Aerial of the 600 Block of Kentucky Avenue
Subject:
Floods
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
Architecture -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Churches
Subject:
Hotels and motels
Subject:
Government -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Houses -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Schools
Description:
Black and white photograph taken from the Irvin Cobb Hotel during the 1937 Flood in Paducah, KY. The photograph shows buildings on the 600 blocks of Broadway, Kentucky Avenue, Washington Street, and more. Featured are the one-time homes of Kate Rudy (609 Kentucky Avenue), Mattie Fowler (619 Kentucky Avenue), Lloyd Tilghman (631 Kentucky Avenue), G. W. Katterjohn (630 Kentucky Avenue), and more. Also shown are Kentucky Avenue Presbyterian Church (602 Kentucky Avenue), Paducah Woman's Club and Matinee Music Club (608 Kentucky Avenue) C.N. Baker and Son Automotive (626 Kentucky Avenue), McCracken County Court House, and more.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
Bill Powell
Contributor:
John Robertson
Date:
1937
Type:
Still image
Format:
Image/JPEG
Language:
English
Coverage:
Paducah (KY)
Rights:
Permission for reuse of this image must be obtained through the McCracken County Public Library Local and Family History Department.
Aerial of the 600 Block of Kentucky Avenue
