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Photo image of scanned scrapbook page.
Picture of the Brewery, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the Buster Novelty Company at 133 West Front Street and a Happy New Year Card to Will M. Pursell in 1885

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the C. C. Bode Granite Company at 60 Gallia Street; Will S. Sellards & Co, Drug Store; N & W Railway Y. M. C. A.; Prof. W. R. Graham; Interior View of the Water Works

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 118. Pictured is a typed page separated into two sections. First: information about the Central House. Mike Goodman; Mike Hook; Ben Woods; Revare and Hamer; John Wilhelm; Chris Staiger; the Crusade against…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and whiter photo of the steamboat the City of Portsmouth and an image cut from Pictorial Portsmouth of the Potomac on the Ohio River. Also, shown are cut out newspaper ads for a performance…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: The Davis High School and George Davis with typed page giving details of the school. It used to be the house of George Davis, banker, railroad stockholder, and merchant. The building was located at the corner of…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured and cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book: The Garfield Club- the building used to be the Gould Mansion that was built in the 1830's
Picture cut from page from Pictorial Portsmouth: H. Dinsmore
Picture…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 202. Pictured is a typed page giving details about a ghost in Portsmouth that frequented all the barber shops. It was said the ghost was of a courtesan in the west end. A woman would appear on the glass. One day,…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 232.
Pictured is the Grand Opera House Program For "Bound By Oath" on December 14, 1901. The Grand Opera House was located at 404 Chillicothe Street.
Also shown, black and white photos of an unknown young girl…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is The Haas Clothing Company; Al Holman; Captain Charles Best; Chan Singer and Ed Gibbs; Portsmouth High School Commencement Program for the class of 1880 to be held at the Wilhelm Opera House

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the Highland School; Card for Ice Cream Candies Shop, owned by Chas. Grassman at 715 Chillicothe Street; Campbell Avenue School

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving details about the Iron National Bank and John Denier, Roper Walker. Lampton & Company, bankers; William Kinney & Company; U. S. Express Company; Jake Clough; banks on Market…