Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: typed page about local Portsmouth businesses. Baker and Vonphul Gas Company; plumbers; Richard Spry, Gunsmith; Daniel Spry; Robert N. Spry; Thyrza Spry; Mrs. George W. Helfenstein; J. C. Trotter; Mrs. Trotter's Millinery business; J. C. Trotter; Lionell Trotter; William Burt; John Jones; E. S. Jenkins & Company; James West; Roy Kuglelman
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: typed page with information about the Gas Party and guests that attended the event. George A. Walker; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Moses Gregory; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Towell; Mr. and Mrs. R. Bell; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ward; Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Offnere; Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Hempstead; Mr. and Mrs. Tracy; Mr. and Mrs. John Lodwick; Dr. and Mrs. Shackelford; Dr. and Mrs. McDowell; Father McDowell; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gaffy; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riggs; Mr. and Mrs. George Stevenson; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. M. Damarin; Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Murray; Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Gaylord; Mr. and Mrs. John Renshaw; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Robinson; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Currie; Mr. and Mrs. James Lodwick; Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Elden; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cochran; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lewis; Mr. and Mrs. James Wood; Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Tracy; Mr. and Mrs. James Pursell; Rev. Dr. E. and Mrs. Burr and son Charles; L. P. N. Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Newton Robinson; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Reed; Mr. and W. H. H. Taylor; Mr and Mrs. John A. Turley; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grimes; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dugan; Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Jefferson; Mr. and Mrs. A. McFarland; Mr. and Mrs. John O. Malone; Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Moore; Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Tewksbury; Dr. and Mrs. Corson; Mr. and Mrs. Erasmus Fond; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Watkins; Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cutler; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Watkins; Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Row; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McConnell; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Brown; Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Norton; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rumsey; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McConnell; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown; Judge and Mrs. William Peck; Prof. and Mr. E. E. White; Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Jones; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Chapman; Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Pratt
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: En Route From Pittsburg, passing Portsmouth, O.: the Joe B. Williams towboat; Plaque for the Roosevelt Game Preserve
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: typed page with information about the Gas Party. This was considered a Gala Event held at S. R. Ross's residence because it was close to the Gas Works and the first house to be illuminated in the city. Also listed are guests that attended the event. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Robinson; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. hutchins; Aaron; Henry Philander; Washington; Eli and Peter Kinney and their wives; Mr. and MRs. John R. Turner; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kendall; Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Oldfield; Mr. and Mrs. Eli Glover; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hall; Portsmouth Pageant Relic Room of John McMillan
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Letter to H. A. Lorberg from T. Bertrand Trexler. Letter thanks Lorberg for information he'd sent about a relative named Emanuel Trexler
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typewritten page with more information about the Gas Party. First office on Market Street; Dr. Hempstead; L. C. Robinson; A. R. Gus Turley; Sam Maklem's Livery Stable; "Dan Rice", "Sam Patch" (horses); John Dice; Tom Lawson; Joe Jefferson; Tom Hall; S. R. Ross; first gas stove
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: typewritten page with information about the Portsmouth Gas Company, organized in 1855. Office building at Eighth (8th) and Chillicothe Streets; Washington Kinney; Aaron Kinney; Incorporators of the company: Henry V. Barrington, John W. Glidden, S. R. Ross, J. V. Robinson, and A. V. Barringer; stockholders: L. C. Robinson, Washington Kinney, P. A. Iams, James Y. Gordon, and Samuel Reed, later years William Pursell and Frank B. Kehoe were interested.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: typewritten page with a continued list of teachers and some information about guests at the Biggs House. Miss Bannon; Miss Barklow; Miss McFarlin; Miss Gatterman; E. E. Ewing; Miss Rutter; Mrs. Mulligan; Miss Greene; Emma Bell; Miss Searl; Miss Draper; Miss Lewis; Miss Applegate; Miss Switzer; Miss Bonsall; Mrs. Dukes; Miss Lucy Hall; Miss Mattie Lynn; Mrs. McKeown; Miss Cotton; Miss Emily Ball; Biggs House; Orville Grant; Buckhorn Tannery; Cole's Basin; Galena Pike; Henry Clay; John Quincy Adams; Zacharia Taylor; Ole Bull (violinist); Josh Billings; Henry Ward Beecher; Phil Sheridan; McKinley; Hon. John Sherman; Rev. Russell Conwell; Eli Perkins; Gen. Kirkpatrick; Col Smith Russell; Tom Thumb
