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  • Collection: Historic Postcards

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Tinted image of the roller coaster in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing the 85 acre park in 1899. It was severely damaged by the flood and was totally dismantled by 1935.

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Tinted photo image of part of the Lake in Millbrook Park in New Boston, Ohio.

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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…

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Colorized photo image of Millbrook Lake. Levi York began developing the 85 acre Millbrook Park in 1899. It was severely damaged by the flood and it was totally dismantled by 1935.

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Black and white photo showing the Millbrook Baseball Park with the steel mill and the Ohio River in the background.

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Colorized photo image of Millbrook Lake. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. The park covered 85 acres and was greatly damaged in the 1913 flood. It was totally dismantled by 1935.

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Black and white image of the Saint Mary Catholic church

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Colorized image of the Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. Holy Redeemer was founded when a need arose for the separation of the English and German-speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic Congregation built their first Holy…

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Colored image of the church building at 701 Fifth (5th) Street. This building was dedicated in 1887 as the German Evangelical Church. In 1918 German language was dropped and the name changed to the First Evangelical Church. Since 1956 the…

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Black and white photo image of Bigelow Methodist Church at 415 Washington Street since 1957. Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of…

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Slightly tinted image of the Sixth (6th) Street M. E. church interior.

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Colored photo image of the Portsmouth High built in 1912 to replace the Davis High School on the corner of Gallia and Waller Streets. It was closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.
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