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Grayscale photomechanical print of Boys Scout Camp OYO; boys playing

Ohio River, Grayscale image, 1906 postmark

Color photomechanical print of Steel mill and homes in New Boston along the Ohio River; postmarked. Levi D. York built this mill after his Portsmouth mill burned in 1898. This was known as the Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902-1909 and…

Color photomechanical print of waterway, West Portsmouth, Ohio; postmarked.

Color photomechanical print of the city of Portsmouth, the Ohio River with the Scioto River; postmarked.

Color photomechanical print of General Hospital at 2001 Scioto Trail taken after 1925. It was known as Hempstead Hospital from 1907 to 1925. It was re-named Scioto Memorial Hospital in 1964. The new Scioto Memorial hospital was opened on…

Colorized photo print of Greyhound Bus Depot Building at 1127 Gallia Street with a bus showing in the garage door. It was opened in 1941 and razed in about 2007.

Grayscale photomechanical print of the Wheelersburg Masonic Temple on the corner of Gallia Street and Lick Run/Lyra Road. The Western Sun Masonic Lodge has met here since 1923.

Shoe manufacturer, building, Drew Selby, color image; postmarked. Front and side view building with horse and buggies. The 1906 Portsmouth City Directory lists the Selby Shoe Company at John and Seventh (7th) Streets.

Color photomechanical print of Lock and Dam facing Kentucky; Dam 31 Housing in background.
In 1920, Dam 31, just 2 ½ miles west below the city, was dedicated.
At a cost of over $1,000,000, and over 200 men, the dam took nearly eight years to…

Color photomechanical print of the steamboat, built in New Richmond, Ohio in 1883. The Tacoma ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. In 1922 she and three other steamboats burned in Cincinnati.

Sepia photo stereopticon card showing Kentucky cliff and Ohio River valley.