Browse Items (265 total)

  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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Silver color metal token for bus fare. "Portsmouth City Bus Lines, Inc." on one side with image of a bus. "Good for one fare" and bus on other side. In the 1939 Portsmouth City Directory Portsmouth City Lines Inc. is located at Madison southwest…

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Silver, light-weight octagon shaped token used for milk bottle exchange. One side-"good for 5 cents when returned with bottle." flip side-"M.D. Co., I.M. Co., P.M. Co., I.C.&B Co., L.C.C. Co., S.D. Co., Portsmouth, Ohio." Companies are Modern…

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Copper colored token "C.M. & G. B. 2 1/2 in. trade" on front. "1015 11th St., Portsmouth, O." on the back. City Directory shows this as George Barbis and Charles Mihalitsis Billiards.

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Silver in color. Token issued for Glynn Brothers, New Boston, Ohio on one side. On the other side of the token is "Good For 5 cts In Trade." The 5 cts in center is worn. Glynn Brothers Pool Room 4009 Gallia Street.

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Worn key pin knife with advertisement for Marvin Jones, Lincoln-Mercury Dealer. Name and city on both sides, Lincoln on one side, Mercury on other. Business located at Gallia and Offnere Streets.

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Tan tone with colored print and design on front and back. Issued during the celebration observing 150 years (1787-88 to 1937-38). The wooden nickels printed in green have the silhouette of Henry Massie, the founder of Portsmouth.

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Tan tone with colored print and design on front and back. Issued during the celebration observing 150 years (1787-88 to 1937-38). The wooden nickels printed in scarlet showed the girlhood home of Julia Marlowe, famous Shakespearean actress.

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Tan tone with colored print and design on front and back. Issued during the celebration observing 150 years (1787-88 to 1937-38). The wooden nickels printed in dark blue were to signify the beauty of the rich Ohio River Valley.

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Tan tone with colored print and design on front and back. Issued during the celebration observing 150 years (1787-88 to 1937-38). The wooden nickels printed in maroon show ancient mound works.

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Tan tone with colored print and design on front and back. Issued during the celebration observing 150 years (1787-88 to 1937-38). The wooden nickels printed in violet honor the old Portsmouth Iron Works.

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Gold color half-dollar size token with printed; "Portsmouth Area Sesquicentennial - Scioto County Ohio" around front edge. In center is a native American figure, cabin, hills, etc. The other side: "Souvenir Half-Dollar redeemable in trade at…

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Dime-sized gold color token with name and worth on one side. 1 in trade and Ingle System on other side. H. J. Wendelken and Son (Henry J. And Earl F.) Grocery was at 1702 Gallia Street as listed in the Portsmouth City Directory of 1914-15.
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