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Black & white photo of five men and three boys standing in yard or field. Hand-written on reverse side "Portsmouth Ohio 8th St W of Chillicothe"

Sepia image of a man riding on top of two giant ears of corn on a wagon pulled by a horse at the Korn Karnival in Portsmouth. The Korn Karnival was held each fall from 1913 to 1917 when it was suspended due to World Was I.

Colored image of the Grand Opera House at the north east corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. It was built in 1895 and damaged by fire in 1914, but was rebuilt and known for many years as the Kresge Store.

Sepia image of Market Street with several people and buildings

Colored image of a dirt road with trees and greenery on both sides

Colored photo of the C & O Railway Bridge over the Ohio River at Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, the C & O bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge ever built. It spans 1,600 feet between the Ohio and Kentucky shores.

Colored image of businesses and traffic on Chillicothe Street

Black & white image of the Tacoma steamboat, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. She burned in 1922 at Cincinnati along with three other steamboats.

Colored image of a Drygoods business

Black & white photo of the Hotel Hurth on the corner of Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets. Built in 1923 by Adolph Hurth, it had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water. It also had a barber shop, a pressing room and a…

Tinted image of the Greenwood steamboat in the Ohio river. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip in October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank at the mouth of the Scioto River…

Tinted image of roadway, canal and railroad tracks