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Colorized image of the Lincoln School building on the northwest corner of Kinneys Lane & Waller Street. It was opened in 1914 and enlarged in 1922. Lincoln was Portsmouth's first integrated elementary because of overcrowding at the Washington School…

Colorized photo image of the Young Women's Christian Association building at 902 Second (2nd) Street. The forty-three room Grimes Hotel was built by H. S. Grimes in 1907 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets. The Y.W.C.A. rented it in 1912…

Color image of the Homer Smith steamboat near Maysville, Kentucky. It was the largest excursion boat on the Ohio River.

Colorized image of Portsmouth looking from the Kentucky hills across the Ohio River.

Colorized photo image of the trolley station at the entrance to Millbrook Park. One of the trolley cars that traveled from New Boston to Ironton is shown. Levi York began developing the 85 acre park in 1899. It was severely damaged in the flood…

Two colorized images of the inside and outside of the Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. The church was founded when the need arose for the separation of the English and German speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic…

Color photomechanical print of a night scene on the Ohio River, facing Kentucky hills. Boat on river

Colored image of the library on Gallia Street

Sepia tone cabinet card portrait photograph.
Clara Isabel Legler Reitz, 1875-1947.
Wife of Albert Reitz, mother of Charles Reitz.

A transcribed copy from the original diary entry. The original diary is archived in the Local History Ohio Room.

A transcribed copy from the original diary entry. The original diary is archived in the Local History Ohio Room.

A transcribed copy from the original diary entry. The original diary is archived in the Local History Ohio Room.