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Colorized photo image of the Y.M.C.A. at the corner of Gallia and Norfolk Streets. It was built by the N & W Railroad for railroad employees' overnight sleeping rooms. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.

Blue tinted photo image of the west side stone quarry

Black and white photo of the interior of the Gims & Bierly Grocery at 1029 Findlay Street in about 1908. The Portsmouth City Directory of 1908-09 lists the George D. Gims residence at 1027 Findlay.

Black and white photo illustration of the LaRoy Theater at 848 Gallia Street. The name LaRoy came from the owners' names, Simon Labold and Dan W. Conroy. It opened in 1926 to a crowd of thousands according to a Portsmouth Times article. The…

Lightly tinted photo image of the children's home built in 1876 on Grant Street property that now is part of Mound Park. It closed in 1921 when Hillcrest Children's Home opened in Wheelersburg.

Color photo of the new Scioto Memorial Hospital on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street as it opened in 1968. In the 1980's Southern Hills, Mercy, and Scioto Memorial hospitals merged as Southern Ohio Medical Center.

Colorized photo of the General Hospital at 2001 Scioto Trail (U.S.Route 23) In 1923 a third floor and two wings greatly changed the appearance of the Hempstead Hospital. It was renamed Portsmouth General Hospital in 1925. It became Scioto Memorial…

Black and white photo of the Schirrmann Hospital built at 729 Eighth (8th) Street in 1929 by Dr. Harry A. Schirrmann. It closed in the early 1940's, but was reopened in 1946 as the Smith-Everett Hospital by Dr. Charles Smith and Dr. Clyde Everett. …

Colorized photo image of the residence on the right and the hospital on the left. Both were on Eighth (8th) Street near Chillicothe Street. Dr. Schirmann built the hospital in 1920. It was renamed Smith-Everett Hospital by Dr. Charles Smith and Dr.…

Sepia tone photo of a makeshift monument dated November 4, 1920, when prohibition came to town.

Black and white photo image of Labor Day Parade on Second (2nd) Street in Portsmouth.

Black and white photo of the annual Decoration Day Parade moving up the unpaved Offnere Street Hill toward Greenlawn Cemetery. Decoration Day is now known as Memorial Day.