Flood Water on Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Description:
'One of the 1930-40's floods on Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, West Virginia. The Postlethwaite house and garage are in foreground, and 714 Maple Avenue is behind. The floodwaters are not on Postlethwaite pooch, but 714 porch and living area are covered. The McColloch family lived here at this time.'
Grocery Delivery During Flood, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Date:
1936
Description:
'Charles T. Gorby on porch above Gorby Brothers store fills a grocery order by lowering a bucket which has been added to the photograph. Jesse K. Gorby lived his last years in the apartment to the left of the upper porch; From a photograph in the Wetzel County Historical Museum.'
'Late 1940's flood picture taken from the porch of the Gorby home at 663 Maple Avenue, New Martinsville, W. Va. Maple Avenue is 6-8 feet beneath the boat. My sister Martha; Sam McColloch has the oars; and Aunt Mary Louise Gorby in the far end. The rowboat belonged to the Gorby Bros. store. It had many uses during the floods from delivering groceries, moving the store stock and furnishings, and taking us to the church to help move the church furniture. When the work was finished, there was time to row around town and explore where everything familiar was submerged. Then later, the cleanup would begin. It was a big adventure for the children but not for the adults.'
