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Public Library, Portsmouth, Ohio
Slightly tinted image of the library with windows open
Chillicothe Street looking North, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of Chillicothe Street businesses
Ohio River View, Portsmouth Ohio, showing Kentucky Hills.
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…
Opera House, March 31, 1913, Portsmouth, O.
Black & white photo image of flooded Chillicothe Street looking north. The darker building is the Grand Opera House at 404 Chillicothe. It would be heavily damaged by fire in 1914. The taller building to the north is the first half of the New…
Masonic Bldg., March 31, 1913, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black & white photo image of flooded Chillicothe Street looking south toward Kentucky hills in 1913. The Bragdon's Dry Goods Company was located in the Masonic Temple Building at the north west corner of Fourth (4th) and Chillicothe Streets from…
First National Bank, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored photo image of the first half of the bank building completed in 1912 at the southeast corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. In about 1924 an identical addition was added on the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Shrine and Lily Pond, Mercy Hospital, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and white photo image of the pond with an insert of the hospital. This five story 50 bed building was opened on May 1, 1924 at 1248 Kinney's Lane. It was razed in 2001.
The C. & O. Northern Railway Bridge, Portsmouth, Ohio
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.
Lover's Lane, West Side Scene, Portsmouth, Ohio
Tinted image of a path by a tree-lined stream
Post Office, Gallia & Chillicothe Sts., March 31, 1913, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and white photo of the old stone Post Office and somewhat behind it, the Sixth Street M.E. Church surrounded in flood water. The post office was built in 1891 at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets, expanded in 1914, and closed in 1936…
Roosevelt Lake, Near Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of recreation area with lake, canoes, shelter. Now part of Shawnee State Park.
Portsmouth Stadium (Municipal Stadium or Spartan Stadium or Universal Stadium)
Colorized photo image taken from the air showing the stadium and baseball field in Riverside Park. The stadium opened in about 1930 at Labold Athletic Field.