1931 – Coca Cola

1931 – Coca Cola

Newport’s Coca-Cola Bottling Co. plant delivered cases of Cokes to stores all over the county. In April 1931, Dewitt Scraggs and John Robinette pose for an informal portrait. Scraggs, in the driveway, had the in-city route; Robinette, by the truck in the street,...
1910’s – Gustave Jones Home in the Flood

1910’s – Gustave Jones Home in the Flood

Taken in front of Gustave Jones home at Second and Beech Streets, this photograph shows boaters enjoying the novelty of the flood.  Standing on the porch are Jones (right) and an unidentified man. Jones’s daughter Leah Jones Hurt, sits in the bow of the boat,...