Historic Photos of North Chesapeake City, Part 6

Historic Photos of North Chesapeake City, Part 6

Groom Steele’s grain-office building is being moved to the North Side in the1960s. As a kid, I got many a haircut there from Jumping Jim. At left is the old Rio Theater, where my buddies and I enjoyed many Saturday afternoon cowboy movies.

Same building (Jumping Jim’s barber shop) as it stands today at the NW corner of Hemphill & Biddle Streets.

An aerial view of our narrow canal in 1929. High Bridge had been removed at Hemphill Street but Long Bridge and the lift bridge are there at the top. Canal Street and Biddle Street are near the middle as well as the remnant of the lock at top middle. At the right middle appears to be a baseball field at what is now Helen Titter Park.