Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page giving details of a night in 1878 when local talent put on "Ten Nights in a Bar-room" at Wilhelm's Opera House. Misses Peebles; Wilhelm's Opera House; John M. Higgens; Lutz Art Gallery; Dave Gates; Sil Pursell.
Also shown is a cut out photo from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Black and white photo image of the "Colored School" in Portsmouth. The school building was located on Eleventh (11th) Street and was erected in 1875, built primarily for African American students. The six room school could accommodate 350 students. It was opened for classes on September 1, 1876. In 1926, it was replaced by the Washington School, a more modern structure.
Colorized image of Lake Vesuvius located 8 miles north of Ironton. The lake is 143.27 acres across with 10 miles of shoreline. In 1939 the narrows of Storms Creek were offered as a site for a lake. They were dammed by the Civilian Conservation Corp. The lake was named Vesuvius for the historic Vesuvius Iron Furnace located at the base of the dam.
Scanned page 105 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing a typed text narrative about "the haunted house" that became the site of Hempstead Hospital.
A black & white image of Captain Ripley.
A yellow dinner ticket to Bigelow Chapel.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are two drawings. Top: "The Little Grand;" Dutch Mike; Buddy WErtz; Tom Collins; Soc Glaze; Joe Laws. Bottom: Dutch Mike's Place- Crusade 1877
