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Photo image of scanned scrapbook page.
Picture is cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book, showing Chillicothe Street, looking north from Third (3rd) Street. The Grand Opera House can be seen at 404 Chillicothe.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page about when bodies were thrown in Scioto Furnace after a Cholera outbreak in 1877; Sewing Machine Sales of 1873; W. M. Burt, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving some history about Christ Church at Third and Bond and some of the events that occurred there. Also pictured is a small ad for the Cabinet Makers' Union. Washington Kinney; Peter…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the Christian Church on Chillicothe Street; B. F. Richardson; Ad for Geo. W. Watkins, Books & Stationery on Second (2nd) Street. Christian Church; Reverence C. J. Meacham; "The Church of the Cordial…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Churchmen; Alex M. Glockner Hardware & Cutlery Advertisement

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 210. Pictured is a typed page giving details about circuses that came to Portsmouth. Barnum and Bailey circus; Ringling Brothers; Buffalo Bill; Pawnee Bill; Wallace's Circus; Van Amberg's Wagon Show; Dan Rice's…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of a city map of Portsmouth with local buildings and churches creating a border around the map. Also shown is an image of Co. H. 4th O. V. I. Return Home From Cuba, 1898. Cut…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing events and a brief history of the city prison/ jail. City Bastille; Colonel Bill McCall; Wells Hutchins; City Council; local jail.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Columbus C. Hyatt; Captain Francis Cleveland; Captain James Skelton; James C. Hall; Charles Craigmiles Jr.; Doc. Waddel; Protest Event: Down With Toryism; Ad for Kendall's at 122 West Second (2nd)…

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo image of Company H. on Government Square in Portsmouth.

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo image of Company K. at old N & W Depot 1917; Seventh Street Fire Department # 1

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a Confederate Ten Dollar Bill and a black and white photo of Honorable Henry A. Towne. Henry was born in New York in 1826. After attending Marietta College for law and graduating in 1845, Towne…