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Who Will Lead The Way?
Sepia toned photo image of an unknown man standing with one foot on a chair. Possibly Billy Sunday?
Millbrook Park, Portsmouth Ohio
Sepia colored photo image of of Millbrook Park, Lake, Bridge, man in boat. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
Public Library,, Portsmouth, Ohio
Sepia tone image of the library with a decorative edging
Portsmouth, Ohio View on Chillicothe Street
Color photomechanical print of Chillicothe Street looking north; includes Salvage Co., Clothing, street car
Holy Redeemer Church, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colorized image of the Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. Holy Redeemer was founded when a need arose for the separation of the English and German-speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic Congregation built their first Holy…
Plant of Portsmouth Steel Co., at New Boston, Near Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored aerial image of the Portsmouth Steel Company and homes at New Boston, Ohio River and Kentucky in distance. This mill was known as Crucible Steel Company of America before 1902, Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902-1909, and Whitaker-Glessner…
The First National Bank Building, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of Bank at the south east corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. This is the first half completed in 1912. In about 1924 an identical addition was added to the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Chillicothe Street North, Portsmouth, Ohio.
Colored image of businesses and traffic on Chillicothe Street
Home of the Irving Drew Shoe Factory, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colorized image of the factory. The 1920 Portsmouth City Directory lists the locations of the Irving Drew Company at 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th) Street and 533-537 Front Street. This image is the Welt and Turn Factory at 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th)…
Lincoln Public School Building, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colorized image of the Lincoln School building on the northwest corner of Kinneys Lane & Waller Street. It was opened in 1914 and enlarged in 1922. Lincoln was Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at the Washington School…
Y.W.C.A., Portsmouth, Ohio
Colorized photo image of the Young Women's Christian Association building at 902 Second (2nd) Street. The forty-three room Grimes Hotel was built by H. S. Grimes in 1907 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets. The Y.W.C.A. rented it in 1912…
View, Steamer "Homer Smith," Largest Excursion Boat on Ohio River, Maysville, KY
Color image of the Homer Smith steamboat near Maysville, Kentucky. It was the largest excursion boat on the Ohio River.