1937 Ohio River Flood
Rosenblatt’s Department Store at the crest of the 1937 flood. Cannelton, Indiana. This was my grandparents’ store.
Article about my grandfather published in the Louisville Courier Journal on Feb. 27, 1937. It was about is accuracy at predicting the flood crest in Cannelton.
1937 flood in Cannelton, Indiana, at its crest. The person in the photo is unidentified in my grandparents’ photo collection.
A view of the 1937 flood in Cannelton, Indiana. The Can-Tex sewer pipe factory is submerged. The cotton mill is in the upper left. My grandparents’ house is at the upper right edge above the highwater.
Houses close to the river in Cannelton, Indiana, during the 1937 flood.
Cannelton’s late, great Sunrise Hotel. To the best of my knowledge, it was torn down after the flood.
A damaged photo showing my grandfather, Lacer Baker, on the hill looking down at flooding in Cannelton, Indiana, 1937.
Some Early Goldstein Family Photos
Great Grandfather Issac Zillman at his wedding, October 10, 1889.
Great Grandmother Sarah Espin’s wedding photo from 1889. They were married in Boston; we have their marriage certificate.
Grandfather, Henry Goldstein, and his brother, Sam, ca early 1900s (1902 maybe?). Sam later died in a streetcar accident in Louisville.
My grandmother, Dorothy Zillman with fellow budding teachers. She never taught and was married in 1920. The Spanish Flu pandemic brought her to Louisville in 1918, so perhaps the photo was taken before the pandemic.
Some Early Cohen-Baker Family Photos
Great Grandma Jettie Cohen seated with second daughter (my great aunt), Lil. My grandmother, Louise, is being held by her nanny, Annie Stewart Elliott. Pretty cool to have the nanny’s name on the back of the photo! The photo was taken in 1912.
My great-grandfather’s store in downtown Greenville, Kentucky, circa the 1920s. “Pop” is the thin man standing farthest from the camera on the left. The “& Son” wasn’t added to the business name until Julius Cohen was old enough to become helpful! The store closed in 1989 when Julius decided that 80 years of business between him and his dad was enough.
Dad and His “Stuff”
Party humor found in my dad’s stuff. No doubt from his college days at the University of Kentucky in the late 1940s.