Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving details about farms and farmers along the Ohio River and an ad for Levi & Flanders Clothing. Roadway in South Portsmouth called Springville; John Killen; water melons; farming; Volney Thompson; farmers; sugar corn; musk melons. Ending of St. Charles Restaurant
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a newspaper article for the Biggs House, along with a sketch of the building, and a picture of Sommer Brothers Hardware in Portsmouth, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book. Also shown is a newspaper advertisement for Prendergast & Jennings, Proprietors
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 207. Pictured is a typed page giving details of the Cabinet Makers' Union. Furniture Factories; Holcomb and Denison; Portsmouth Veneer and Panel Company; J. N. Murray; F. C. Daehler; Herr Wyle; Nichols Furniture Company; S. R. Ross. Below is another story below about the history and workers of the St. Charles Restaurant. James Hannahs; H. D. (Hank) Burton; Civil War; John Shumake, chef in charge; "Uncle Henry;" Pat Kenrick; Colonel Billy Hughes
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is an article by Daniel Webster about the Old Log Cabin; picture of the Old Y. M. C. A.; Advertisement for the Star Shoe Company
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: typed page detailing an event in 1876 in which a casket was removed from Greenlawn Cemetery. Inside the casket was the body of a woman and her infant twins. Allegedly, neither the bodies nor the flowers they were buried with had decayed at all. John McNeal, sexton of Greenlawn Cemetery; embalming; burial. Also pictured is an ad for the Central Drug Store at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Court Streets
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are two black and white photos: a flood scene of the south side of Gallia Street and a scene by railroad track beneath it.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing the events of the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in 1879. dedication ceremony; Courier's Band; local militia; General R. B. Hayes; General J. Warren Kieffer; Ladies Union Soldiers' Circle; John Barnes; Francis Campbell; Barr Addition; Samuel F. Tracy. Ending of information on local hotels. Zala Mission; Tittle's Tannery; National Hotel; canal
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a Christmas Greeting Card with the Trinity M. E. Church on it- the church was located at the corner of Gallia and Offnere Streets. On July 16, 1983 the Trinity Church united with the Bigelow United Methodist Church. Members of both churches met at the Old Stone House in West Portsmouth, the birthplace of Methodism in Southern Ohio. Plain Greeting Card from Portsmouth with a pink flower on the left side. Black and white picture of the residence of Col. Peter Kinney.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are employees of the Johnson Hub Factory. Bottom: black and white picture of the Standard Supply Company, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving details about local drug stores as well as James Y. Gordon and Mrs. John Bolton. Brown's Bronchial Troaches; Wizard Oil; Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup; Hostetters Bitters; Enos Reed; milk shake; Hal Pursell; George Fisher; Seebohm; Seel; Knittel; soda fountain; ice cream
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a black and white photo of Gallia Square Government Square, or Gallia Square, or Upper Market Square, or the Esplanade where Gallia Street meets Chillicothe Street.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 202. Pictured is a typed page giving details about a ghost in Portsmouth that frequented all the barber shops. It was said the ghost was of a courtesan in the west end. A woman would appear on the glass. One day, however, someone broke the glass thus ending the ghost's appearances. Fox's Police Gazette; West End
Bottom typed text: local men formed a small militia unit in preparation for Morgan's Raiders. Although the were ready, Morgan's Raiders did not enter Portsmouth. Instead they passed through Piketon, Jackson, and Pomeroy. Mayor Kerr; Davis' Gun Shop at Chillicothe and Mill Streets; Davis Company; Mountain Belle; Gun Boats; Governor Todd.
