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Sepia tone photo of men in car with Portsmouth pennant. Badges and hats may indicate police department.

Black & white photo of men in hay field with hay wagon pulled by horses

Black & white photo of men and boys standing in unknown location, "8th St west of Chillicothe" is written on back

Black & white photo of several men in industrial scene

Colored photo of Garfield School building which was built in 1915 at the corner of Gallia Street & Mabert Road. It was enlarged in 1919 and a gymnasium was added in 1957. It closed in 1975 and in 1976 the Scioto County Commissioners bought…

Black & white image of fire department building #2 at 1601 Gallia Street

Colored image of the Davis High School on the corner of Gallia & Waller Streets. It had been the home of George Davis before being used as a school from 1902 to 1910. It was razed in 1912 for the construction of the new PHS.

Colored image of Ohio River, Portsmouth, and Scioto River in the distance

Black & white drawing of the second Masonic Temple built in 1906 at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. Nearly destroyed by fire in December of 1925. it was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store…

Colored photo of church building

Black & white image of children's home, designed by Devoss & Donaldson, Architects. The Hillcrest county children's home in Wheelersburg was open from 1921 until 1971.

colored image of church building at 701 Fifth (5th) Street showing the 1915 educational wing addition. This building was dedicated in 1887 as the German Evangelical Church. The church banned the German language in 1918 and became the First…