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

Cardboard matchbook cover advertising the Hurth Hotel, Portsmouth, Ohio. Aged brown and coral color one side, yellow print. Tan, aged with print on otherside. Hotel was located at the corner of Third (3rd) and Chillicothe Streets.

Heavy-weight paper traveling salesman business card. A Victorian image of a girl and dog.
On back "Presented by L. Jones, Dealer in General Merchandise, Blue Creek,Ohio".
Census shows L. Jones as Lafayette Jones in Adams County.
Trademark…

WWII uniform in good condition. Gene Lloyd Hiatt was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on November 13, 1922. He enlisted into the Army Air Corps in 1943 and was sent to flight school where he graduated at the top of his class. He received orders for the…

Color image of Dale Evans on a lapel pin. "Post Grape Nuts Flakes 1953 © R. R." on back. R. R. indicating Roy Rogers.

Silver, oval, metal fob depicting the name and image of tractor on front. Name and "Fob of the Month" on back. Plant located at Third and Jefferson until 1913 when it moved to Spring Lane.

Silver and tarnished metal folding nail file with company name in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Henry Atlas began his business in Portsmouth in 1895 on West Second (2nd) Street. He left Portsmouth in 1904 to open a business in Dayton. He went bankrupt in 1904…

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.

Brown case with silver print. "Dr. A.P. Altizer, Optometrist, Lyric Bldg, Dial 2-9381, Portsmouth, O."
Enclosed round-rimmed glasses with dark brown frame- one arm broken, Dr. Arthur Paul Altizer was located at 822 1/2 Gallia Street.

White ceramic plate with embossed edge and red illustration of church building. Name in cursive and date.

Emerald green glass box with gold decoration and fading name - "Steinkamp & Co", Portsmouth, OH". Longtime furniture company (1907-1928). Located 526-530 Second (2nd) Street. Sold to Lewis Furniture in 1928.

Clear, but stained inside, glass bottle. Label is not the original. Fluid dosage on back. Label notes type of medicine and use. Frank Amann owned a drugstore on 208 Market Street. He was a local pharmacist from 1885 to 1918 then moved to Cincinnati.