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Colored scan of the 2013 Northwest High School Yearbook.

Colored scan of the 2012 Northwest High School Yearbook.

Colored scan of the 2010 Northwest High School Yearbook.

Colored scan of the 2009 Northwest High School Yearbook.

Colored scan of the 1963 Northwest High School Yearbook.

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.

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…

Black and white photo negative of the Selby Shoe Factory. The Selby Shoe Company reached a peak employment of about 5500 in its factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957. There was a tunnel under Findlay Street to the Post…

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.

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…

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…

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…