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Chillicothe St., Looking North from Second (2nd), Portsmouth, O
Colorized photo image of Chillicothe Street looking north. The Turley Building is at the right and the Corner Book Store is at the left. The Turley Building was built by Leslie Turley in 1905 and razed in 1992 for the expansion of Shawnee State…
Chillicothe Street Looking South, Portsmouth, O
Sepia tone photo of Chillicothe Street looking south from about Sixth (6th) Street. Marting Brothers store is at the right and on the left is the old Stone Post Office on the corner of Gallia Street. Street car tracks run down the middle of…
Looking North on Chillicothe Street from corner of Second (2nd) Street--Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and white photo image of Chillicothe Street looking north from Second (2nd) Street. The Corner Book Store is on the left at 205 and the Turley Building is on the right at 206 Chillicothe Street.
Casino at Millbrook Park, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colorized photo image of the Millbrook Park Casino which was actually a theater located just inside the gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. Built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred, it was the prime social gathering place in the early 1900's. …
In Merry Mill Brook, Portsmouth, O
Colorized photo image of Millbrook Lake. Levi York began developing the 85 acre Millbrook Park in 1899. It was severely damaged by the flood and it was totally dismantled by 1935.
The Lobby
(Washington)
Black and white photo image of the lobby of the Washington Hotel. It was built in 1901 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets. The charge of one day was $3.00 according to the History of Scioto County by Nelson Evans. In 1979 the…
Greetings from Portsmouth, O
Colored cartoon drawings frame a sepia tone photo of the river or a lake surrounded by trees. Printed under the photo: "Gay life in the city is all right for a time, But I'll take the country and the simple life for mine."
Streetcar number 30
Sepia tone photo of a street car identified as number 30 with a carman posing at each end.
Giant Oak Mill, Pine Creek
Black and white photo image of the Giant Oak Mill on Pine Creek in Wheelersburg
Union Mills, West Side, Portsmouth, O
Colorized image of the canal, towpath, and mill in West Portsmouth.The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly…
The Aqueduct, Portsmouth, O
Colorized image of the Aqueduct where the Ohio and Erie Canal crossed over Brush Creek in Rush Township from about 1832 to 1870.
Gims Grocery interior
Black and white photo of the interior of the Gims & Bierly Grocery at 1029 Findlay Street in about 1908. The Portsmouth City Directory of 1908-09 lists the George D. Gims residence at 1027 Findlay.