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Black & white, Rush Township Diploma and Board of Education Certificate of Graduation 1943. (Diploma encased in blue velvet enclosure).
Norna was a well known and accomplished music/choral director throughout Scioto County. Born 1925, died October…

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Black & white text on off-white pages. The graduation program for Rush Township High School, McDermott, Ohio. The program is inside Norna Prior's graduation portfolio.

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Typed information for the boat races at 1971 River Days Festival. When the first River Days Festival was held in Portsmouth in 1963, the boat race was one of its most popular events. An estimated twenty thousand people watched the race from both…

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Blue program with blue print.
Schedule of events and city map.
The first River Days Festival was held in 1963 and drew a large crowd to Fifth (5th) and Chillicothe Streets. It was such a huge draw that the parade and festivities continued and still…

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Small, handmade booklet, green construction paper and 4 printed pages inside.

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Small, handmade booklet, green construction paper cover and back. Twenty-sixth Annual Installation of 1951 Officers.

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Small faded green booklet, subtitled as: "Held with the Big Run Church, Scioto County, Ohio." 19 pages. The Iron Hill Association of United Baptist met with Big Run Church September 10, 11, 12, 1948

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Black & white copy of photograph, aerial view of Harrisonville, now Minford, at the cross roads of route 335 and route 139 in Harrison Township.

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Black & white AP photo showing soldiers & volunteers throwing throwing up sandbag barriers in Portsmouth suburbs as flood waters moved in. Pictured is a dike across Second (2nd) Street. Residents watch the Ohio River rise against it.

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Black & white AP photo showing an aerial view of volunteers laying sand bags to make a temporary levee to protect the city against the Ohio & Scioto Rivers. Spots in the left center are empty bags dropped from airplanes.

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Black & white AP wirephoto showing the flood waters covering part of the Scioto Bridge.

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Color interior design sketch done for George Legas by unknown designer. George Legas had a history in the restaurant business, in 1949 he signed a 5 year lease on property at 707 Chillicothe Street for a Cafe/diner style business. In 1951 the…
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