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Black and white composite of Portsmouth scenes and buildings.

Colorized photo image of the Headquarters Cottage. On September 26, 1935, the Roosevelt Game Preserve was dedicated as the first public hunting preserve in Ohio. Only squirrels, cottontail rabbits, and foxes were considered legal game.

Colorized photo image of the Portsmouth Fire Station number 1 on Seventh (7th) Street.

Black and white photo image of Chillicothe Street looking north from Second (2nd) Street. The Corner Book Store is on the left at 205 and the Turley Building is on the right at 206 Chillicothe Street.

Colorized photo image of Chillicothe Street looking north at night.

Colorized image of Selby Shoe Factory. Selby reached a peak employment of about 5500 in the factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957.

Colorized image of the Selby Shoe Factory. Selby reached a peak employment of about 5500 in the factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957.

Colorized image of the Selby Shoe factory. Selby reached a peak employment of about 5500 in the factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957. There was a tunnel under Findlay Street to the Post Office.

Colorized photo image of people on the concrete bridge over part of Millbrook Lake in Millbrook Park, New Boston, Ohio.

Colored photo image of the Casino, actually a theater just inside the park gates at 420 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with seating for five hundred. Plays, films, concerts, etc. were featured all year around.

Colorized photo image of the pavilion at Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing the 85 acre Park in 1899. Greatly damaged in the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.

Colorized photo image of the Millbrook Park Casino which was actually a theater located just inside the gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. Built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred, it was the prime social gathering place in the early 1900's. …