Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: The "Fannie Dugan;" Dugan Homestead; Northwest Corner of Third (3rd) and Market Streets; John M. Valodin; M. Kehoe
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is The County Fair Bulletin from the newspaper, September 18, 1873; H. Seeberger; A. Seeberger; Mr. Kaufman; S. J. Eichelstein; Newspaper Ads
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page split into two sections. The top section is the continuation of the information about celebrities performing at Wilhelm's Opera House. The bottom part is about an unusual election that occurred in 1871 in which the city's Post Master was elected by popular vote. He was General Oliver Wood. Following his election, there were several other military men elected by the people for this position.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a collection of black and white photos of prominent Portsmouth men: H. W. Farnham; W. W. Reilly; J. H. Johnson; R. Lloyd; John Neill Sr.; P. S. Iams; D. F. Connell; Newt Robinson
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page, separated into two sections. The first section tells about the Central House, located at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets. The second section talks about local policemen
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page separated into two sections. The first section talks about the process of installing electric light in the 1880's. The second part talks about the Portsmouth Maenerchor or Men's Chorus.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a list of writers and things they wrote about Portsmouth and Scioto County: Billy Fitzgerald (The Jester) "My Scioto Valley Home;" Lew Lowry "On the Beautiful Old Ohio" and "Things Am Comin' My Way; W. B. Tomlinson "Welcome Poem, on the Occasion of Meeting in Portsmouth of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association (1907). Also pictured: Ben Woods; Prof. Gittings; John Yoakley; George Thornton; The Morton Club House
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: The Hamilton-Peebles Free Reading Rooms; William Rhodes, George Gharkey; L. Kessler; J. V. Doerr; Henry Beumler; Wheelersburg Boat and Shoe Establishment; Event Invitation by the Army of West Virginia for their reunion to be held in Portsmouth in September of 1885
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving information about Fred Doerr Sr.'s wooden indian sign. During the time that the sign was used, many businesses had forgone the usage of these types of advertisements. This made Doerr's sign a popular feature. He owned a cigar making shop on Market Street