Browse Items (265 total)

  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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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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Tan color with some water damage- cardboard sign advertisement for Nu-way Cleaners.

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clear embossed, , green tinted glass bottle; "NuGrape, Imitation Grape, Not Grape Juice, Min. Contents 6 FL. OZ., Trademark Registered, Bottle Pat'd March 9, 1920" on bottle. "Portsmouth, Ohio" on bottom base.
On July 16, 1925, Nu-Grape opened at …

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Gold in color, cast iron trivet in shape of the state of Ohio. Front "Ohio Bicentennial, 1803-2003, County" on Back "Osco Industries, Portsmouth, Ohio"

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Black hat with gold accents that says "Ohio, E Plurbus Unum" on the Gold Eagle. This hat belonged to Albert Harold Dehner (1914-1989) of Portsmouth, Ohio who attended the Ohio State University and was in the Band.

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Large black cast iron kettle from the Ohio Stove Company. Embossed on the lid reads "Ohio Stove Co. Ports. O." In good condition, but has a few rust spots. The Ohio Stove Company was located at Eleventh (11th) and Chillicothe Streets. It manufactured…

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A black cast iron trivet from the Ohio Stove Company in Portsmouth, Ohio. Some rust and wear marks.

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Paper receipts merchants were required to buy from the state and give to consumers when the merchants charged them state sales tax. Consumers were encouraged to collect the receipts and give them to schools or charities. These organizations could…

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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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Clear, glass 6 oz bottle embossed with a mini-square pattern design around the neck, bottom of "bowl: and a strip on under label. Embossed "Smile, Pat. July 11, 1922, contents 6 fl. oz." Bottom: "Orange Smile Com. St. Louis, Mo." Company made…

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