1910's, Photo Search
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,...
1910's, Photo Search
Here is a rare photograph of the man behind the camera, Parker the photographer, standing at the confluence of Hazel and Second Streets. Parker captured many images of his townfolk frolicking in the unaccustomed circumstances. The caption reads, “On Hazel,...
1900s, Photo Search
Founded by Miss Jim Watson (top left), the daughter of Confederate general James Fleming Fagan, the Junior Chapter of the Southern Memorial Association (United Daughters of the Confederacy) poses in 1903 on the porch of the Watson home at Second and Elm Streets in...
1900s, Photo Search
The first class graduated from Newport High School in 1901. The commencement was held in the elegant and ornate Newport Opera House at Second and Laurel Streets. The five graduates are, from left to right, (first row) Mary Whittaker, Lula Wolff (later Stephens), and...
