Misc Kanawha City Photos


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When kids learned at an early age to stay out of traffic. The kids are in front of Gay's Hardware at the corner of 55th street and McCorkle Ave.    Sherry Watson Murray is in the stroller.  Probably Summer of 1953.  Photo courtesy of Steve Murray


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Below is the same building when new.   Notice the address...

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The old street number system was still in place at this time, so 10th Street would later become 40th Street.  This address change alone would confuse people many years later as they researched the history of  this area.  But many of the street names were changed also.  For instance:  Noyes Ave was once Kentucky Ave.  Lancaster Ave was once Railroad Ave. The list goes on and on.  See maps at the bottom of this page.

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This building at 40th and MacCorkle housed several businesses, including a Valley Bell Dairy store in the 50s.






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Braniffs Steak House operated in Kanawha City from the mid 50s to the early 60s. They were next to the "Valley Bell"  building in the second picture above.

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This garage would later become Village Auto Sales
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Kanawha City Heck's

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The Candle Lite Club... and briefly the  Polynesian Restaurant

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The Candle Lite Club

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But then.....

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Below is a panorama that I have cut into 3 sections of the LOF plant.

Libby Owens Ford

Libby Owens Ford

Libby Owens Ford

See this image in one piece HERE







Now... about those street numbers

Kanawha City Addresses

The above photos show the same house address.   Onc is the 20s-30s and the other in the 50s.  All the numbered streets were changed sometime in the early 40s.  





The maps below show how the streets were numbered in the late 30s.

Kanawha City Map

Kanawha City Map

Kanawha City Map





LOF photos courtesy of Rich Callard

Hecks photos courtesy of Ray Griffith





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