Browse Items (2193 total)

Sepia color photo image. Printed on front: "Well here I am in Buena Vista, Ohio enjoying its Sights and Cheer. I'm feeling first rate and this Town is just great; Now, don't you wish you were here?"
Surnames Lohstroh and Puff on the back.

Black and White Photo Image of Buena Vista - Building - Barge in Ohio River

Black and white photo image of some homes of Buena Vista with the Ohio River in front of them. Buena Vista was platted in 1850. A post office garnering the same name was established in 1883. It remained open until 1960.

Black & white photo of the George Pfeiffer Funeral Directory/Undertaker business at 723 Chillicothe Street. H. Huels is in stone at the top of the building.

Black & white photo of the Pfeiffer business with patriotic hangings, man & lady in front. H. Huels is in stone at the top of the building at 723 Chillicothe Street.

Sepia photo image of a waterway with a house in the background surrounded by trees.

Black and White Photo Image of the Burt & Hall Clothing building at Chillicothe & Third (3rd) Streets, horse and buggies on the street. This building held various businesses and organizations before 1922 when Lewis Furniture moved in. From about…

Colorized image of the Turley Building located at the corner of 2nd (Second) and Chillicothe Streets. The Turley Building was built in 1905 by Lelsie Turley. In 1906 the First National Bank and several other businesses were located there. It held the…

Black and white photo image taken from the air during the flood of January, 1937

Colorized image of an area in York Place by the riverside. It occupied the site of the Gaylord Rolling Mills, stretching from Front Street to Court and Chillicothe.

Colorized image of the C & O Depot and the ferry on the Ohio River. The C&O Railway Depot, storage buildings, and water tower were actually on the South Portsmouth, Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The depot (left side) was opened in the early 1900's…

Colorized image of the C & O railroad bridge over the Ohio River at Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, this bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge ever built. It spans 1,600 feet between the Ohio and Kentucky shores.