Browse Items (265 total)

  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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Wooden nickel token with Buffalo and United States on one side. Wheelersburg Sesquicentennial and dates on the other side.

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Dark grey snake skin pattern fabric holder with two pockets. Inside: "Klivans, Inc., Nationally Advertised Watches, Diamonds Jewelry 417 Chillicothe St. Portsmouth, O." "Charge It" L.O. Klivan was listed as President-Treasurer in the 1930…

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Pounded silver shoehorn with business name etched on in block, capital letters. Per Portsmouth City Directories, Hall Brothers Clothing Store was located in the Masonic Temple from 1913 to 1922. This Masonic Temple, at the northwest corner of…

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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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clear glass bottle with red print; In the 1950 Portsmouth Times, "Mr. Poole and his three sons, Paul, Clayton and Joe operate a 234-acre dairy and grain farm on Sciotoville, Rt 2 near Minford...." The dairy business did not actually open after…

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Black painted cast iron hand-levered press seal to emboss an identifying circular design on certificates, papers, etc. of the Scioto Fire Brick Company of Sciotoville, Ohio. The company, incorporated in 1872, covered 13 acres and made all sizes and…

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Two tokens.
1: Silver colored coin/ token with business name on one side- exchange worth on other.
2: Silver colored, scalloped edge coin/ token name on one side- worth on the other.

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Gold tone penny sized token/ coin. Exchange value of 10. Front: M. L. Hammon 10; Back: In trade 10, Pat. Jun 1909 Ingle System. Hammon and Buck, listed in the 1910 City Directory, was a grocery at 481 East Eighth (8th) Street.

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Gold coin/ token with Fifty Years, the Greatest Name in Trucks- White 50th Anniversary with image. On back: "White Super Power 3000, Tips Its Cab For Service" with image.

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Copper token severely worn. Nothing on one side, shield with letters "HTWSSTKS" within a circle on a shield. Faint image of the mallet and chisel on each side of the emblem. In the mid 1800's, fraternal orders began to issue tokens as proof of…

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Silver plated high heel shoe on keychain. Selby name printed on bottom of shoe.

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clear glass, embossed bottle: "Modern Dairy Co., Portsmouth, O., One Pint, Liquid (on back, Sealed 48).
On bottom, 18, logo, 4.
Modern Dairy opened December, 1928 at 235 Second (2nd) Street, later 237 Second (2nd) Street. Became Borden's Modern…
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