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Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing "an unusual event." Apparently, a bet was made between two competing men running for an election. A. D. Miller said he would wheel Alf Scott down Second (2nd) Street in a…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a photo of a street scene of Second (2nd) and Chillicothe Streets during the 1884 flood, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page detailing the Massie Block Fire of 1871. Biggs House-Massie Block Fire; Carter's Hotel; Lynn's Livery Barn; Dugan's Bank; Valley Book Store; John Yoakley's Music Store; Portsmouth Times Office;…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown are black and white photos of Andrew Fisher, Will Glover, T. G. Lloyd, Frank Legler, Edward Coriell, John R. Hughes, and J. J. Brushart

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of Addison Taylor. Also shown are photos of David E. Davidson, Mr. Miller, and George W. Brown, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Behind images: the ending of the details…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are John O' Connor, Interior View of Council Chamber, Palace Theater, all cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Also pictured is a list of Portsmouth Citizens and Their Occupations, typed on a faded…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the Portsmouth Shoe Manufacturing Company. It was started in 1873 by the Robert Bell's son in law, and listed in the directories at 105 West Front Street. Cut from Portsmouth Pictorial book, the…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a black and white photo of W. L. Baker, born in 1852 in Portsmouth, Baker was involved with the Ohio Stove Company as a salesman. Then, in 1890, he became the vice president of the Portsmouth Stove and…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page giving a brief history of the Riverside Baseball Club, organized in Portsmouth in 1866. They took the name "Riverside" because Portsmouth was called the River City. Above the text are two pictures of…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a black and white photo of a group Portsmouth citizens Mrs. Renshaw, Georege Waller, John G Peebles, H. R. Kinney

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page giving details about leading doctors in Portsmouth. Bottom of page gives a brief account of Will Dunn's death after he fell from the roof of the City Lockup, prison, on Court Street. Dr. McCorney; Dr.…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a collage of Portsmouth citizens, torn from Pictorial Portsmouth, with their names listed below. Paul Buerling, John Brandel, Emma Freitag, Pearl Merrill, Martha Lammers, Lena Schmirrmann, Samuel A.…