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Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 260.
Picture of a flood scene from 1884, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: typed page with Henry A. Lorberg's forward address on it

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. All images cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book. Pictured is a flood scene: Fourth Street East from Gay, Feb 13, 1884; Kinney's Lane, built in 1813: the Henry Kinney Homestead, H. J. Wendelken, Grocer at the…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page with information about Captain Francis Cleveland.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page.
Picture cut from Pictorial Portsmouth: Frank L. Marting, owner of Marting Brothers Company, located at 515 Chillicothe Street and 12-16 W 6th Street. At Marting's, one could find dry goods, millinery, cloaks,…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: pictured is sketch of Frank V. Knauss, born in 1850 in Pennsylvania. He moved to Portsmouth in 1883 and organized the Portsmouth Stove and Range Works in 1889. Knauss died in 1901.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is Frank V. Knauss, prominent manufacturer, president Commercial Club; "Goose" Woods; Newspaper Ads

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving information about Fred Doerr Sr.'s wooden indian sign. During the time that the sign was used, many businesses had forgone the usage of these types of advertisements. This made…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving details about when the Ohio River was frozen in 1872. The story talks about how the steamers were locked in, frozen into the water, and how it was when trying to go from…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is two black and white photos of flood scenes. Top one is Front Street, during the Ohio river Flood on February 13, 1884. Bottom is from the 1883 flood on Court Street

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a Funeral Notice for Eliza Jane Robinson and a Ticket to the World's Columbian Expo in 1893

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: Funeral Notice for John Doerr, owner of Doerr Hardware Store on Second (2nd) Street. Item is aged paper with black border around notice.
Advertisement for C. P. Tracy Company on West Front Street cut from…