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Black and white photo image of girls playing in a pool at the Girl Scout Camp Molly Lauman located in Morgan Township. The camp was established in 1929. A few years before her death in 1933, Mary Elizabeth Dever Lauman (Molly) donated about 100…

Black & white AP photo showing soldiers & volunteers throwing throwing up sandbag barriers in Portsmouth suburbs as flood waters moved in. Pictured is a dike across Second (2nd) Street. Residents watch the Ohio River rise against it.

Black & white AP photo showing an aerial view of volunteers laying sand bags to make a temporary levee to protect the city against the Ohio & Scioto Rivers. Spots in the left center are empty bags dropped from airplanes.

Black & white AP wirephoto showing the flood waters covering part of the Scioto Bridge.

Black and white image of the Home For Aged Women at the northwest corner of Front and Chillicothe Streets on lot 144. Opened in 1889, the 15 room building was used until the lot was needed for construction of the approach to the first U.S. Grant…

Colorized image of the steamboat the Tom Greene docked at the public landing on the Ohio River.

Sepia toned photo image of the public landing on the Ohio River at Portsmouth. The steamboat docked is the Tom Greene.

Black & white photo image of the steamer Greenwood along the Ohio River. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a snag at…

Document from the Auditor's Office of Scioto County for the purchase of 10 acres of "lands forfeited to the State of Ohio for the non payment of taxes...." by Roswell Craine.

Sepia tone photograph image of horse-drawn float carrying numerous women with parasols and displaying an American flag

Black and white photo image of corn, potatoes and pumpkins on display with starred banners overhead. Text on back lists "Fowler's, Portsmouth, Ohio."

Street Scene of Korn Karnival Parade with Old Post Office at the corner of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets in background. The Korn Karnival preceded the River Days Parade. It lasted from 1913 to 1917.