Gallery: Do you remember? -- Feb. 7, 2012

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4th Avenue and 9th Street, looking north. The drug store at left is now Pet Palace. At right, Walgreen's is occupying the first floor of the West Virginia Building, which was built in 1924 and originally named the Union Bank and Trust Building. Other visible businesses include Hall's Shoes and Broh Clothing Company. "The drugstore on the left side is Lawrence Drugs in what is known as the Caldwell Building," said Ken Reffeitt. "There was a third drugstore on the west side of 9th Street, just past the Governor Cabell Hotel. So there were 'drugs' on or near three corners of this, the epicenter of downtown Huntington. Most folks went to drugstores or '10-cent stores' for lunch, as they all had lunch counters. Fountain cokes at these establishments always seemed much sweeter than ones you could get in a bottle." Ralph Turner identified the bus as one from the Ohio Valley Bus Company. "There use to be shoe repair shop right there next to Lawrence Drug story on 9th Street," Turner said. "People would wait there on a bus and and get shoes and shined or repaired. They would put their feet on brown wrapping paper while shoes were repaired, etc. There were lots of locally owned stores downtown rather than chain stores -- Bells, Nassers, Hobby Shop, Lambros, Frankels appliances, O.J. Morrison, George H. Wright, Peanut Shop, Arcade was full of stores, several jewelry stores and more."

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"The Guyandotte Club was housed on the mezzanine of the Hotel Frederick (note the X's in the top of the windows, which are a feature of the Frederick's mezzanine floor)," said Ken Reffeitt. "Formerly, the Club had its own headquarters near 4th Avenue on 11th Street, across from the Coal Exchange Building."

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"The Guyandotte Club was housed on the mezzanine of the Hotel Frederick (note the X's in the top of the windows, which are a feature of the Frederick's mezzanine floor)," said Ken Reffeitt. "Formerly, the Club had its own headquarters near 4th Avenue on 11th Street, across from the Coal Exchange Building."

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Interior shot of the Science Hall, according to the envelope. Date is unknown.

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Two members of the Civic League take some expert advice on filling out a sales slip from one of the clerks at the Bradshaw-Diehl Co. in preparation for "Civic League Night" at the store. From left are Mrs. James Fannin and Mrs. Louise (Franklin) Sellers, Civic League members, and Mrs. Nancy Sidebottom. The Civic League members will serve as the sales ladies at Bradshaw's. The article says this is the third year for the event and "a percentage of the total sales at the store for the evening will go to the Civic League, and the money will be used for the club's building fund." The group, founded about 1947, supported a number of civic improvements and also sponsored the Lighthouse for the Blind. The photo is from March 1955. Thanks to Ken Reffeitt for the information.

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The Perry Norvell Shoe Company was located on 25th Street at Guyan Avenue, said Ken Reffeitt. "The building was later used by Corbin Ltd., in the manufacture of men's clothing. I think Rubberlite might have taken over the building now, as they were started across Guyan Avenue from this building," he said.

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Founded in 1934, Polan Industries employed more than 2,000 people during World War II. The company, which had a few divisions, specialized in the manufacturing of lenses and specialized gun sights used by the military; remanufacture, rehabilitation and packing of defense equipment and making cargo kits for packaging military hardware. The company president was Lincoln M. Polan. Through most of the 1960s, the company employed fewer than 200 people. It was sold in February 1969 to a California firm, which then resold it to a New York firm in 1970. The company closed in 1972. It resumed operations in July 1985, with Polan coming out of retirement to lead it. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1987. These photos were published in the Aug. 14, 1954, Huntington Advertiser.

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This appears to be some kind of 4-H event, possibly at the Veterans Memorial Field House. Date is unknown.

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A birthday party, possibly in Ritter Park. Date is unknown.

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Girl Scouts selling cookies can be traced as far back as 1917, according to www.girlscouts.org. This box appears to be of Four Flavors Cream Sandwiches. The Girl Scout is Earlene "Peewee" Gallagher, according to Frank Booth.

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Aerial shot of Huntington. Across the Ohio River is Chesapeake, Ohio. The old Sixth Street Bridge would be Huntington's only Ohio River bridge from 1926 until 1968. The old two-lane Ohio River span continued to carry traffic until 1994, when it was replaced by the four-lane Robert C. Byrd Bridge. Date is unknown.

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Aerial shot of Huntington. Across the Ohio River is Chesapeake, Ohio. The old Sixth Street Bridge would be Huntington's only Ohio River bridge from 1926 until 1968. The old two-lane Ohio River span continued to carry traffic until 1994, when it was replaced by the four-lane Robert C. Byrd Bridge. Date is unknown.

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Aerial shot of Huntington, at right. Across the Ohio River is Chesapeake, Ohio. The old Sixth Street Bridge would be Huntington's only Ohio River bridge from 1926 until 1968. The old two-lane Ohio River span continued to carry traffic until 1994, when it was replaced by the four-lane Robert C. Byrd Bridge. Date is unknown.

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Aerial shot of Huntington, at right. Across the Ohio River is Chesapeake, Ohio. The old Sixth Street Bridge would be Huntington's only Ohio River bridge from 1926 until 1968. The old two-lane Ohio River span continued to carry traffic until 1994, when it was replaced by the four-lane Robert C. Byrd Bridge. Date is unknown.

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Aerial photo of Ceredo and Kenova. In the distance (across the Big Sandy River) is Catlettsburg, Ky. At right is the Ohio River. At far right is South Point, Ohio. Date is unknown.

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Aerial photo of Ceredo and Kenova. In the distance (across the Big Sandy River) is Catlettsburg, Ky. At right is the Ohio River. At far right is South Point, Ohio. Date is unknown.

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The Big Sandy River runs between Catlettsburg, Ky., at left, and Kenova, W.Va., at right. In the distance, the Big Sandy meets the Ohio River. On the other side of the Ohio is South Point, Ohio.

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The smoke stacks were along 5th Street West in Huntington between 8th Avenue and 10th Avenue. They were for the Owens Illinois Glass Factory, according to Richard McCoy. "They made bottles and glass jars for decades and finally closed maybe 20 years ago. Beyond is Houdaille Industries, which manufactured automobile bumpers. Both items manufactured here were replaced by plastic versions."

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The smoke stacks were along 5th Street West in Huntington between 8th Avenue and 10th Avenue. They were for the Owens Illinois Glass Factory, according to Richard McCoy. "They made bottles and glass jars for decades and finally closed maybe 20 years ago. Beyond is Houdaille Industries, which manufactured automobile bumpers. Both items manufactured here were replaced by plastic versions."

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Stained glass window at First Baptist Church of Huntington, 801 6th Ave. Date is unknown.

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Elk graze in a field. Date and location are unknown.

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Buffalo graze in a field. Date and location are unknown.

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Buffalo graze in a field. Date and location are unknown.

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Date and location are unknown.

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Officers with the Huntington Police Department (this is a staged photo illustration for a story). Date is unknown. Front seat, from left to right, Jerry Hutchinson and Ottie Adkins. Thanks to Eldora McCoy and Jack Rickman for the identifications. Back seat, from left to right, Bernard Sexton and Don Long (deceased). Thanks to retired HPD Capt. Charles R. Dodrill for the identifications. He thinks the photo is from the mid- to late-1960s.

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Officers with the Huntington Police Department (this is a staged photo illustration for a story). Date is unknown. Front seat, from left to right, Jerry Hutchinson and Ottie Adkins. Thanks to Eldora McCoy and Jack Rickman for the identifications. Back seat, from left to right, Bernard Sexton and Don Long (deceased). Thanks to retired HPD Capt. Charles R. Dodrill for the identifications. He thinks the photo is from the mid- to late-1960s.