Black and white photo image of unknown females standing in front of a horse-drawn cart advertising American Steam Laundry by the Zottmann Brothers. The building was located at 11 Offnere Street. Originally it started out as a soap factory operated by Will and George Zottmann.
Colorized photo image of the Majestic Theatre located at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets in the former Methodist Church building. It opened around 1916 and was only listed in the 1918 City Directory. It was demolished for the construction of Portsmouth's third Masonic Temple Building in 1928.
Black and white photo image of the La Roy Theatre during the 1937 flood. The building was located at 848 Gallia Street. It opened in 1926 to a crowd of thousands, according to a Portsmouth Times article. The building was razed in 1974 to widen Gay Street.
Sepia tone photo image of the LaRoy Theatre located at 848 Gallia Street. The name LaRoy came from the owners' names, Simon Labold and Dan W. Conroy. It opened in 1926 to a crowd of thousands, according to a Portsmouth Times article. The building was razed in 1974 to widen Gay Street.
Tinted photo image of the Lyric Theater 426 Chillicothe Street with the elaborate sculptured peacock above the arched lobby entrance. It opened in 1912 and seated 450 people. The Lyric was razed in 1924 for the expansion of the First National Bank next door.
Tinted photo image of the Columbia Theater at 832 Gallia Street. It opened in 1910 with a peak seating capacity of 1000. The original admission price was five cents. It was wired for sound in 1928 and closed in 1983.
Black & white photo image of the Exhibit Theater at 916 Gallia Street as listed in the Portsmouth City Directory from 1914 to 1924. In 1926 and 1928 the listing is Dal-Mar Theater.
Colorized photo image of the Sun Theater at 835 Gallia Street. This had formerly been the Orpheum Theater. It was sold and renamed The Sun in about 1914 and closed in 1915.
Black & white photo image of the Law's Hollywood Theater, opened by George Law in 1925 at 820 Gallia Street. It had a seating capacity of 600 and a six-piece orchestra. Law's was later sold and renamed the Lyric, making two Lyric theaters (one was in New Boston) until the early 1950's. The Gallia Street Lyric was razed in 1959.
Black & white photo image of the Eastland Theater at 1804 Eleventh (11th) Street at the corner of Hutchins Street. It opened in 1920 and was still listed in the 1954 Portsmouth City Directory.
Black & white photo image of Westland Theater at 627 Second Street during the 1937 flood. It was managed by Gail Russell and was listed in the Portsmouth City Directories from 1926 to 1947.
Sepia tone photo image of the Empress Theater at the south west corner Gallia and Chillicothe Streets (619 Chillicothe) during the 1937 flood. From 1908 to 1922 this was the Arcana Theater, but was known at the Empress Theater from 1926 to 1937 according to the Portsmouth City Directories.
