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black & white photo of West Second (2nd) Street

Color Photo Image of the Peebles Paving Brick Company in New Boston. It began in 1902 at Gallia and Norfolk Streets.

Reddish tone photo Image of the C & O Bridge at Sciotoville towards Kentucky. Completed in 1917, the C & O Northern Railroad Bridge is the longest continuous truss railroad bridge ever built. The distance between the Ohio and the Kentucky shores is…

Black and White Photo image of the old stone Post Office used from 1891 - 1936. Located at the corner of Gallia & Chillicothe Streets, it was expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward…

Slightly green tinted image of park and hills. York Park, named for Levi D. York, was located on the Ohio River Bank on Front Street between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.

Handcolored image of school building

Black & white photo image of the church building and neighboring houses. Upper left corner has young woman in a hat other- three corners floral motif above the building river scene. Grand View also Grandview Avenue

Black & White Photo Image addressed and stamped on back. The first unit of this building at Third (3rd) and Gay Streets was built in 1895 and was expanded in 1906. The congregation was later known as the First Christian Church, Disciples of…

Colored image of unpaved street, lined with trees and homes

Tinted image of the Irving Drew Shoe factory. The 1920 Portsmouth City Directory lists the locations of the Irving Drew Company at 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th) Street and 533-537 Front Street. This image is the Welt and Turn Factory at 1658-1662…

Tinted image of roadway, canal and railroad tracks

Tinted image of a country road passing a farm