Browse Items (265 total)

  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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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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Clear glass bottle with a white label and red print. 6 fluid oz. Print on back indicated it was a cola bottled by Spur Bottling in Portsmouth, Ohio. Listed in the 1947 Portsmouth City Directory: Spur Bottling Co. (John H. and Jack H. Matiz) 927…

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Tan colored, weathered, miniature brick used for advertising the business. Business name on one side-no other text. Carlyle Paving Brick was located in Sciotoville, Ohio. Built in 1905. Converted to fire brick in 1918. Moved to Ironton, Ohio, in…

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Light-weight metal miniature tray with embossed decorative edging surrounding an image of the Portsmouth Public Carnegie Library. Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated $50,000.00 to Portsmouth to build a free public library. The library opened in…

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Cast iron-bronze in color with some patina and black wear marks. Open hands with grapes and leaves at wrist. On back - "Ohio Stove, Portsmouth, Ohio" Dish was a holder for Calling Cards.

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Wooden baby shoe last used to form shoes for the Century Shoe Last Company. The company was founded in 1955. It was located at 1831 Tenth (10th) Street.

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Wooden shoe last with size "6A" style "romance", the date and century's seal in black, metal heal and some "pitting" on bottom. Located at 1831 10th St. The company began in 1954 orginally on 6th St.

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Steel cigar box opener and bottle lid opener stamped "Ohio Valley Wholesale Co." on one side. The hatchet end was used to slit label and tax stamp, pry the nail out of a cigar box lid, then pound the lid shut. The 1922 Portsmouth City Directory…

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Clear glass bottle with blue and white painted label. Front label is a blue A in a white circle on a blue square. On back side in white print: "Circle "A" Brand The sign of Highest Quality Beverages. 7 fluid ounces. Property of Dr. Pepper…

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Green tinted glass bottle with embossed name, 6 oz, patented in 1913. John Stark opened Portsmouth Coca Cola Bottling at 1212 Thirteenth (13th) Street. In 1928 a new building opened at 3001 Scioto Trail.
Bottle is a Hobbleskirt Coke Bottle, called…

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Green tinted glass bottle with embossed name, 6 oz, patented in 1913. John Stark opened Portsmouth Coca Cola Bottling at 1212 Thirteenth (13th) Street. In 1928 a new building opened at 3001 Scioto Trail.
Bottle is a Hobbleskirt Coke Bottle, called…

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Pair of white 24 inch shoestrings with names in red: Shawnee, Ohio, Portsmouth, and Scioto. Promotion offered by the Scioto County Area Foundation and Portsmouth Convention and Visitors Bureau. Manufactured by Mitchellace Company, 830 Murray…
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