Old City Hall
1936, DG Brown, "Flood Scene, March 1936"
The building in the middle of this image, in between the County Ward on the left and the County Courthouse on the right, was the old City Hall in 1936. This is the same building where the cemetery records were kept.
Basements and cellars remained saturated with water days after the flood levels receded. With the records being kept in the City Hall basement, they faced the inevitable fate of becoming lost or destroyed.
1936 Flood Gallery
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Works Cited
Abiuso, J. (1936). Another view of Sunbury. hard-hit by the raging Susquehanna. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull.
Abiuso, J. (1936). Cameron Park looking toward Masonic Temple—Sunbury. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull.
Abiuso, J. (1936). Interior Red Cross supply room—Cor. Tenth and Market Streets— Sunbury. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull.
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Abiuso, J. (1936). Market Street looking east—Sunbury. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull.
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Abiuso, J. (1936). Market Street east of Fourth—Sunbury. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull. ​
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Abiuso, J. (1936). Rescue Boat on Chesnut Street Sunbury. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull.
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Abiuso, J. (1936). Sunbury residents park their cars and take boats. Susquehanna Flood Scenes 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Melick & Mull
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Brown, D. (1936). Flood Scene, March 1936. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
The Sunbury Item, Death toll of flood mounts to 175; water slowly recedes from sunbury. (1936, March 20), pp. 1–5.
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Unknown Photographer. (1936). 1936 Sunbury, PA Flood. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
Unknown Photographer. (1936). 1936 Sunbury, PA Flood. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
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Waters, C. F. (1936). Flood : West Branch Valley’s answer to disaster : Williamsport, Renovo, Lock Haven, Jersey Shore, Muncy, Milton, Sunbury. C.F. Waters.
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Wilkes-Barre News Agency. (1936). Cleaning up the mess on the 400 block of Market Street after the 1936 flood. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Barre News Agency. (1936). Receding waters from the 1936 flood. Windows were smashed on 400 block and merchandise ruined. photograph, Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
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