Bromley Shinny Club, c. 1914
(Don't know what Shinny is?  Try here.)

 

Pike Street, East from Harris St., c. 1914

 

Aerial View of Bromley, c. 1914

 

Bromley Public School, c. 1914
On the north side of Shelby, between Rohman & Harris, (now Steve Tanner)

 

  

left, Christian Church on Kenton Street, c. 1914
right, German Church, Bromley, c. 1914
The Christian Church was where the Christian Church is currently; the
German Reformed was on the n.w. corner of Boone & Harris (Steve Tanner).

 

Bromley Fire Department 1941

 

Bromley, after the July 7, 1915 Tornado 

 

 

    

These are the stores of Mrs. Christiana Kaye, widow of Charles M Kaye.
  That's her confectionary at 116 Pike Street in Bromley and her Notions store
next door at 118 Pike.  I assume, but don't know, that that's her in the pictures.
 

 

Pike Street, Bromley, in the 1913 Flood

 

    

Bromley Scenes from the 1937 Flood
left, At the end of the Ludlow Car Line
center,  326 Hayward Avenue
right, Shelby and Pleasant Streets

 

Bromley VFD, 1953

A little below Bromley, about a mile upriver from the Anderson Ferry, was the
McCullum Riffle.  You can read about a steamboat incident there from 1851, here.

 

 

Bromley, 1883

Jim Reis column's on the history of Bromley in the Kentucky Post here, and here.

Thanks! to Steve Cohen for some of the images on this page.

A list of Bromley merchants as listed in the 1912-12 city directory is here.

Bromley's Harris Street became Steve Tanner Street.  Details here.

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