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  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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Beige tickets with red print for toll travel one-way across the U S Grant Bridge connecting Ohio and Kentucky over the Ohio River by Route 23. The bridge became toll-free in 1974. One side: A/1 State Bridge Commission of Ohio, Name of Bridge, Use,…

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Yellowed advertisement on one side: colored painting of "Last Supper" on back: "Emrick Funeral Home, Funeral Director and Embalmer, Air Conditioned, Ralph F. Scott, owner, Ambulance Service, Phone 353-4161, 1422 Lincoln St., Portsmouth, Ohio, 45662.…

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Tan color fan with wooden handle used to advertise the funeral home. The building is illustrated on front, John T. Carr. manager, 915-923 Ninth (9th) Street, Portsmouth, Ohio

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Brown leather bankbook holder with name (passbook) embossed- framed décor. The "68" is the bank's serial charter number. Snaps closed.

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Cardboard advertising stand-up desk calendar for the year of 1974, Included on the left is a thermometer. Funeral home address and phone listed.

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Cardboard advertising stand-up desk calendar for the year of 1975, Included on the left is a thermometer. Funeral home address and phone listed.

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Tan, canvas bag with some loose stitching and stains. Front, "Smoke the Buckeye Stogie Manufactured by Fred Doerr's Sons, Portsmouth, Ohio"
Fred Doerr came from Germany to Portsmouth in 1847 at the age of 14. After learning the tobacco trade, he…

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Tri-Fold card with Class of 1908 in Bloom Township, District 7. Front has colored illustrations and print with a photo of the teacher, John Bouts. Red Ribbon and seal "Lest We Forget." Inside: teacher, pupils, and school board listed, also a poem…

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Brown on cream Boneyfiddle Fair Market Square poster featuring the early interior of Washington Hotel signed "Kay Deitchel 5/6/'73" in the lower right hand corner. The Fair dates are listed as Saturday, May 19; 11:00 - 9:00, and Sunday, May 20;…

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Colored full page Selby Shoe advertisement in Ladies' Home Journal featuring the exclusive Arch Preserver. A coupon at the lower right corner may be returned to receive the booklet "The Modern Shoe for Modern Dress." The return address is "The…

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Colored full page Selby Shoe advertisement in Ladies' Home Journal announcing seven shoe designs featuring the New Selby Arch Preserver.

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Colored full page Selby Shoe advertisement in Ladies' Home Journal announcing four designs featuring the new Selby Arch Preserver. A coupon at the lower right corner may be returned to receive the booklet "The Modern Shoe for Modern Dress." The…
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