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  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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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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White ceramic plate with blue print and images of historic Scioto County sites. Back of plate provides a brief history.
Plate number 3652-D. The 175th Birthday Celebration Committee presented "A Tale of Two Rivers," a play about the history of…

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Black painted cast iron hand-levered press seal to emboss a distinctive circle and star design on certificates, papers, etc. of the Eastern Star Portsmouth Chapter 424.

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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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Red, black and gold badge worn by city officials as part of "Progressive Portsmouth." Worn June 13-17, 1926 during the G. A. R. Encampment. It was the sixtieth encampment held, and the event was in honor of the Ohio Civil War veterans: Ohio's "thin…

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Clear glass bottle with diamond embossed neck and "Half Pint Liquid, Pure Milk Co., Milk and Cream, Portsmouth, Ohio."

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Glass bottle with red print, "Pure Milk Company, Portsmouth, Ohio" on front and back. Small bottle was used for cream. The Pure Milk Company was located on Eighth (8th) Street.

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Metal pick type opener for pressed cardboard lids on milk bottles, engraved "Pure Milk Co. Portsmouth, Ohio." "Pasteurized Milk, Cream & Skimmed Milk" on reverse. The 1920 Portsmouth City Directory lists Pure Milk Co. at the northeast corner Clay…

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Gold colored, light weight,quarter-sized token. One side- Pure Oil Company, USA. Opposite side- Be Sure With Pure.

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Silver, quarter sized tokens, Pure Oil Company on one side, WPAY on the other side. Pure Oil sponsored Paul Wagner's radio show at 5:00 pm daily on WPAY, Portsmouth radio station.

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a copper token with "Handicap Bowling Classic" and leaf spray with bowling pins at bottom on one side; "Compliments of Selby Reg. Room, Portsmouth, Ohio, 1939," on other side. Tarnished with hole at the top as if worn.

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Metal with plastic coated button pins. "Roy Rogers Festival Portsmouth, Ohio" on other side with Dale and Roy Rogers. On the other pin: "Happy Trails" with an image of Roy Rogers alone.
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