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  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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Heavy-weight paper traveling salesman business card. A Victorian image of a girl and dog.
On back "Presented by L. Jones, Dealer in General Merchandise, Blue Creek,Ohio".
Census shows L. Jones as Lafayette Jones in Adams County.
Trademark…

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WWII flight uniform in good condition. Gene Lloyd Hiatt was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on November 13, 1922. He enlisted into the Army Air Corps in 1943 and was sent to flight school where he graduated at the top of his class. He received orders for…

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WWII uniform in good condition. Gene Lloyd Hiatt was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on November 13, 1922. He enlisted into the Army Air Corps in 1943 and was sent to flight school where he graduated at the top of his class. He received orders for the…

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Vulcan Septum Putter number 8; wood handle with steel putter. engraved with Vulcan logo, putter name and " Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.". The Vulcan Golf plant was located at Fourth (4th) and Jefferson Streets. A division of the Vulcan Last Co., the golf…

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Color image of Dale Evans on a lapel pin. "Post Grape Nuts Flakes 1953 © R. R." on back. R. R. indicating Roy Rogers.

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Silver, oval, metal fob depicting the name and image of tractor on front. Name and "Fob of the Month" on back. Plant located at Third and Jefferson until 1913 when it moved to Spring Lane.

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Silver and tarnished metal folding nail file with company name in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Henry Atlas began his business in Portsmouth in 1895 on West Second (2nd) Street. He left Portsmouth in 1904 to open a business in Dayton. He went bankrupt in 1904…

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Quarter-sized, brass colored token with hole. One side: "Old Kentucky Saloon, P. O." Other side: "Good for 5¢ in trade." Owned by Rochester Carter (d. 1902) and located on Front Street.

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Off-white gray and pink marbled background. Illustrations of two barbershop dressed men. "Brother of the Brush, 1815-1865, Portsmouth, Ohio Sesquicentennial June 5-12" on front.

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Brown case with silver print. "Dr. A.P. Altizer, Optometrist, Lyric Bldg, Dial 2-9381, Portsmouth, O."
Enclosed round-rimmed glasses with dark brown frame- one arm broken, Dr. Arthur Paul Altizer was located at 822 1/2 Gallia Street.

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White ceramic plate with embossed edge and red illustration of church building. Name in cursive and date.

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Iron skillet design ashtray with imprint. Some rust.
Plant was located at 618 Eleventh (11th) Street
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