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Brown and black leather baby shoe with button enclosures. Brown-Lowry had a baby shoe factory in Portsmouth in 1913-1915. Shoe is not labeled.

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Silver, metal business stamp press. Some rust. Stamp embossing as "The Flood Drug Company, Portsmouth, Ohio, Seal." John Flood opened the store at 2109 Gallia. At John's death in 1959, his son Harold continued.

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Red cloth hat worn by service attendants in 1950's and 60's. Shape is 1/2 circle with white print on both sides.

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Man's straw hat with maroon cloth band. "The Anderson Brothers Co." on label inside.

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Tarnished, silver token with two small holes. One side has printed "E.F. Sise Co., General Commission and Forwarding Merchant, Portsmouth." On other side, "Importers of Crockery and Glassware, Dealers in Coal." Token was present as Portsmouth, Ohio…

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Off-white folded paper with red and black print. Upper left corner is logo illustration by Clarence Carter. On back: logo of pageant actors.

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Oval, silver token for Senate Cafe. One side "Senate Cafe Portsmouth, Ohio, "other side "Goof for 5 cents at bar." William Heil Propreitor @ 418 Chillicothe Street.

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Silver, light weight metal coin/token for Wurster Brothers Soda fountain, "Good for 1 glass of soda water." on one side, "Wurster Bros." on other. The pharmacy with a soda fountain was located at 419 Chillicothe Street.

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Aged, tan card with black print and ink script with grades and points for student.

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White ceramic plate with brown illustrations of Jesse Stuart. On back; signature and date.

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Bronze coin/token. One side: "National Humane Education Society, fostering a sentiment of kindness." Illustration of "60" and a figure with a dog and a cat. Other side: "Celebrating 60 years of compassion; 60th anniversary." "NHES 1948-2008" Same…

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Regulation "bridge" size playing cards in boxes. One set shows a color illustration of the famous Powhatan Arrow (Norfolk and Western). On the other deck shows a Native American and titled "N & W The Powhatan Arrow".
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