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The Book of Baby Mine
Brown plastic leather book cover with 93 pages of colorful illustrations and forms to fill out baby information. Some pages not completed.
Tags: Baby Mine Company, Lowe Family
Doug with half-sister, Anita June McGregar
Color photo of Doug standing beside his half-sister Anita June that he located in 2000. Daughter of Harold C. Lowe, born 1940.
Tags: Lowe Family
Quality Service Store
Black and white photo scan of an unknown building with the sign "Quality Service" on the front of the building. In the windows you can see the word "Fields" but I have been unable to locate where this was.
Tags: quality store, service
Front Street Scene
Black and white photo negative of buildings along Front Street. Most of these buildings have been torn down. The building identified as U.G. Drake Printing Co. was located at 113 W Front Street. Ulysses Grant Drake was the owner of this printing…
Tags: Front Street, printing, Ulysses Grant Drake
Portsmouth Fire Department Truck
Black and white photo negative of the Portsmouth Fire Dept. truck that appears to be filling up with water at the Fire Hydrant in front of the Fire Department.
Tags: department, fire
Dove Hat Co. Fire
Black and white photo negative of a the Dove Hat Co. building fire. The Dove Hat Co. was first known as the Portsmouth Hat Company and was established in 1892. Located at 124 West 2nd St (Second St) in the Houston building and then in the Fuller…
Tags: Portsmouth hat company
Ohio Valley Broom Co
Black and white photo negative of the Ohio Valley Broom Co. that was located on Front & Jefferson Streets. It was co owned by Francis Shinkle and William Merns until 1934. Francis Shinkle took over the business by himself until 1935 when he moved the…
Tags: Broom
Kids Day 1939 Auto Derby
Black and white photo negative of local children participating in Auto Derby for the annual Kids Day in July 1939. Kids Day was an annual program sponsored by the area Civic Forum that helped keep children out of trouble and give them something to do…
Tags: 1939, Auto Derby, kids day