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Colorized image of Portsmouth looking from the Kentucky hills across the Ohio River.

Colorized photo image of the trolley station at the entrance to Millbrook Park. One of the trolley cars that traveled from New Boston to Ironton is shown. Levi York began developing the 85 acre park in 1899. It was severely damaged in the flood…

Two colorized images of the inside and outside of the Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. The church was founded when the need arose for the separation of the English and German speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic…

Color photomechanical print of a night scene on the Ohio River, facing Kentucky hills. Boat on river

Colored image of the library on Gallia Street

Black and white photo image of several individuals at a picnic scene; back of postcard is inscribed "Easter, Kerr Reunion"

Black and white photo image of nineteen young women in dresses with their hair in the Gibson Girl style

Black and white photo image of Alum Rock located in Vanceburg, Kentucky. The rock is largely composed of alum, a compound that was widely used by the first settlers of the area. Alum can be used for medicinal purposes, dyeing cloth, and to purify…

Colorized image of the Selby factory framed with blank and white image of a shoestring. Production information for factory on front. The 1920 Portsmouth City Directory lists The Selby Shoe Company location as Seventh (7th) Street from Findlay to…

Indian drawn in red sending up smoke signals from a fire. The words "Portsmouth' Historical Pageant" are written underneath the image.

Black and white photo image of a house halfway submerged by flood water on Third (3rd) Street near Union Street during the 1937 flood.

Plain postcard with the words Oh! but it is lonesome in Wheelersburg without typed on it. Wheelersburg sits in an orange triangle, and there is a floral pattern around the border.