Besides the work of the Virginia Writers Project in documenting the 1930’s the Port Royal there are a limited number of pictures of the village itself.
Ralph Fall’s Hidden Village contains two pictures of village streets during 1920’s. His source was the Virginia State Library which has had a project to digitize its photographs. Unfortunately, his two photographs have not been done. I photographed them from his book and then included the contemporary photo.
1. Market Street from Water Street
Fall notes the above picture is from estimated between 1920-1930. The most visible change in today’s picture is the removal of the doctor’s office on the corner. It is difficult since the pictures were taken in different seasons.
2. King Street looking towards the River
Fall estimates the above picture as a specific year, 1928. In the picture below, the Brockenbrough-Peyton House is still visible on the left and the Farish Printing shop on the right. Many trees along the street are no long present.
