Browse Items (2200 total)
- Collection: Historic Postcards
Sort by:
The Excelsior Shoe Co., Portsmouth, O
Tinted image of the Excelsior Shoe factory at the corner of Gallia Street and Campbell Avenue. The company began in 1889, moved to Gay and Third (3rd) Streets in 1893 and in 1913 this factory was built. In 1935 Williams Manufacturing purchased the…
The Irving Drew Co., Portsmouth, O
Black and white image of the Irving Drew factory. The 1915 Portsmouth City Directory lists locations of the Irving Drew Company as 533-537 Front Street and 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th) Street.
A Scene in Mill Brook, Portsmouth, O
Colorized photo image of Millbrook Lake. Levi York began developing the 85 acre Millbrook Park in 1899. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Streetcar number 30
Sepia tone photo of a street car identified as number 30 with a carman posing at each end.
Along the Scioto Valley, Portsmouth, O
Colorized photo image of railroad tracks, the towpath, and the canal on the west side of Scioto county
At Dixon's Mill, Portsmouth, Ohio
"Out Where the Sun Always Shines the Brightest"
Blue toned photo image of Dixon's Mill located south of Minford on the LIttle Scioto River in Harrison Township near State Route 335.
Giant Oak Mill, Pine Creek
Black and white photo image of the Giant Oak Mill on Pine Creek in Wheelersburg
Union Mills, West Side, Portsmouth, O
Colorized image of the canal, towpath, and mill in West Portsmouth.The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly…
Lucasville, Ohio
West Side Scene
Black and white photo image of the tow path and canal on the west side.
A West Side Scene, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colorized photo image of the tow path and canal in West Portsmouth
The Aqueduct, Portsmouth, O
Colorized image of the Aqueduct where the Ohio and Erie Canal crossed over Brush Creek in Rush Township from about 1832 to 1870.
Union Mills, West Side
Portsmouth (Ohio)
Handcolored image of Union Mills. The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834 and David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly before his death in 1894.