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Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page talking about local business owners and operators. Shown below are two pictures cut from page in Pictorial Portsmouth: James Charlesworth; David Ramsey; Schuler property; Thomas P. Brown; Dr. McBride;…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a card For the Twenty-Seventh Reunion of the P. H. S. A. A. on June 21, 1893 with words in cursive script. Also a black and white photo of the corner of Market Street. Shown is James A. Maxwell:…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 183. Pictured is a typed page with details about musical events and festivals that happened in Portsmouth. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll; Music Hall; musical festivals during the Centennial Year Celebration;…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of John G. Dillon and below is an invitation to his marriage to Emily Estelle Tynes on September 3, 1897 at the Tynes Residence, 174 East Fourth (4th) Street. John G. Dillon…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the end of an article about Musical Events and Festivals. Oscar Boyer; Sam Williams; glee club; Blaine; Grant and Colfax Campaign
Pictures cut from Pictorial Portsmouth: Colonel O. F. Moore, F. C.…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the wedding announcement of Floyd L. Smith and Florence C. Slack on September 22, 1892; mail card for H. A. Lorberg from J. P. Morgan, New York; and a black and white photo of Milton Kendall. He was…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 185. Pictured is a typed page with two sections. First part: Information about the Local Gas Company and the men who worked there. Civil War; James McCann; John McNeill; L. C. Robinson; A. R. (Gus) Turley; lamp…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Black and white picture of the Portsmouth Shoe Company, located at 127 West Front Street. Cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is typed page giving details about musical groups in Portsmouth. Professor Thime, violin teacher with a studio at Wilhelm's; "Mazurka;" Will Holmes; John Cook; Will Irwin; Ira Wyles; Edward Julian; Ohio…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a wedding invitation for Lena Riesman and Simon Labold on June 23, 1886 at the synagogue in Portsmouth. Below: typed page of a remembrance of William Pursell, a well known fireman in Portsmouth for…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing Portsmouth's Fourth of July Centennial Celebration that involved parades, music, and bonfires.
Below text: G. W. Moothart and Marshal Fred Schmitt, both prominent Portsmouth…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the wedding invitation of Louisiana Moore to James W. Ricker on November 3, 1870. Although she was born born on a steamboat near Louisiana, most of her Louisiana's life was lived in Portsmouth. Her…