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  • Collection: Historic Postcards

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Tinted image of old N. & W. depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets, used from 1901 to 1931 when the new passenger station was opened at Sixteenth (16th) and Findlay Streets. This location was used for storage before it was razed in 1968.

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Tinted image of railroad yards, tracks, and buildings. Ohio river and Kentucky hills are in the background.

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Black & white 1958 photo showing a diesel passenger train leaving the Portsmouth N & W station

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Black & white 1930 photo showing iron beam framing for the N & W passenger station under construction at Seventeenth (17th) and Findlay Streets. It was used for passengers until 1971 and razed in 2004. A new county jail is now on the site.

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Tinted image of green wooded hillside and train tracks along the Scioto River

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Sepia photo of children's parade and onlookers

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Tinted image showing the old Stone Post Office and the First National Bank on the left side of Chillicothe Street. The First National Bank Building was built in 1912 and its size was doubled in 1924. The post office building was completed in 1891,…

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Colored image showing the old stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets and the red brick city building or Kricker Building facing the Gallia Street Esplanade or Government Square as it was known then. This view is looking…

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Colored image of Chillicothe Street businesses

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Colored image of businesses along Chillicothe Street looking south. The old stone Post Office is at far left. At the right is Marting Bros. & Co.

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Tinted image of small buildings and trees along unpaved lanes at Waller and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets.
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