Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing "an unusual event." Apparently, a bet was made between two competing men running for an election. A. D. Miller said he would wheel Alf Scott down Second (2nd) Street in a wheelbarrow if the latter won. Scott ended up winning and, after much hounding from his friends, Miller agreed to perform the task.
T. M. Lynn; David Hahn; Neat Molster; M. B. Gilbert; Henry Buchanan, the banker. Dan Spry; James Stephenson; Freytag's Band; Jim Riggs; Frank Robinson; Frank Glover; Will Gharky; James Boal; Hiram Brown; Frank Thompson; Frank Green; Matt Wall; James Ramsey; Charley Ziegler
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a photo of a street scene of Second (2nd) and Chillicothe Streets during the 1884 flood, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page detailing the Massie Block Fire of 1871. Biggs House-Massie Block Fire; Carter's Hotel; Lynn's Livery Barn; Dugan's Bank; Valley Book Store; John Yoakley's Music Store; Portsmouth Times Office; Eisman's; Val Reinhart; Candy Factory; L. Wise's; Ross Palmer's; Timmonds; Eberhardt's; Reilly's; Market House; "Mountain Boy;" Wharf; Steamer Eagle; Water Works; Charles Soule; Bill Groomes; Ad for the Central Grocery Company, located in the Kricker Building on Gallia Street
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown are black and white photos of Andrew Fisher, Will Glover, T. G. Lloyd, Frank Legler, Edward Coriell, John R. Hughes, and J. J. Brushart
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of Addison Taylor. Also shown are photos of David E. Davidson, Mr. Miller, and George W. Brown, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Behind images: the ending of the details involving the Massie Block Fire of 1871
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are John O' Connor, Interior View of Council Chamber, Palace Theater, all cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Also pictured is a list of Portsmouth Citizens and Their Occupations, typed on a faded light blue paper.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the Portsmouth Shoe Manufacturing Company. It was started in 1873 by the Robert Bell's son in law, and listed in the directories at 105 West Front Street. Cut from Portsmouth Pictorial book, the Market Street Arcade.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a black and white photo of W. L. Baker, born in 1852 in Portsmouth, Baker was involved with the Ohio Stove Company as a salesman. Then, in 1890, he became the vice president of the Portsmouth Stove and Range Company.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page giving a brief history of the Riverside Baseball Club, organized in Portsmouth in 1866. They took the name "Riverside" because Portsmouth was called the River City. Above the text are two pictures of the team with names listed below them, though it is unclear if the names go with one or both of the pictures shown.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a black and white photo of a group Portsmouth citizens Mrs. Renshaw, Georege Waller, John G Peebles, H. R. Kinney
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page giving details about leading doctors in Portsmouth. Bottom of page gives a brief account of Will Dunn's death after he fell from the roof of the City Lockup, prison, on Court Street. Dr. McCorney; Dr. Schwab; Dr. H. Kautzleben's Drug Store; Phil Streich; Streich Pharmacy; Metzger & Company, wagon Shop; tannery; Kinney's Lane; Kinney's Spring; Henry Kinney Farm; City Lockup on Court Street; Mr. Dunn Sr.; Dan Dunn
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a collage of Portsmouth citizens, torn from Pictorial Portsmouth, with their names listed below. Paul Buerling, John Brandel, Emma Freitag, Pearl Merrill, Martha Lammers, Lena Schmirrmann, Samuel A. Martin, Frank L. Martin, Bertha Wendelken, Kate Rau, Clara Scherman, Mary Voelker, Elizabeth Wirth, and E. R. Peebles
