Browse Items (265 total)

  • Collection: Historic Item Collection

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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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This passenger pigeon was shot in an orchard on Offnere Street in Portsmouth, Ohio by Arthur Bannon around 1882. He presented it to his mother, a taxidermist, who wanted a specimen of the nearly extinct bird for her collection. The male passenger…

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Color photo copy ten dollar denomination dated February 25, 1903 issued by the First National Bank of Portsmouth. The 1904 Portsmouth City Directory lists the First National Bank at 127 Market Street, officers: J.W. Bannon, Pres., A.M. Damarin,…

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Original currency of the First National Bank of Portsmouth; national currency; five dollar denomination; slight wear and fading; beige in color, dated February 5, 1903. The 1904 Portsmouth City Directory lists The First National Bank at 127 Market…

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Aged paper and cardboard advertisement calendar with cowboy and cattle photo; Lacey Hall's information and location and colorful 1961 calendar.

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Clear glass NEHI beverage bottle with all over embossed design. near the center Nehi logo is: "Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 9 fluid ounces minimum contents." At the bottom: "Nehi Bottling Co. Portsmouth, Ohio."
May 21, 1930, page 12 Portsmouth Times ad:…

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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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Red, blue, yellow, and white advertisement for Shively Coal Company on the corner of Gallia and West Streets, New Boston. Also a military insignia guide with wheel for Army and Navy. Forrest Shively sold his service station in 1941 but continued coal…

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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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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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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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