Colorized photo image of the Majestic Theatre, Portsmouth, Ohio located at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets. It opened around 1916 and was only listed in the 1918 City Directory. Originally the building was a Methodist Church. It was razed in 1929 for the construction of Portsmouth's third Masonic Temple Building.
Colorized photo image of the Majestic Theatre located at the corner of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets in the former Methodist Church building. It opened around 1916 and was only listed in the 1918 City Directory. It was demolished for the construction of Portsmouth's third Masonic Temple Building in 1928.
Aged bronze medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the M.D. Friedman Company. The M.D. Friedman Company was a scrap processor company in the area, located along Route 52 between New Boston and Sciotoville. The company started in 1919 by M.D. Friedman in Cleveland, then moved to Ashland, Kentucky in 1921, the purchased the Route 52 site in 1936 and started operations here a year later.
Black and white photo images scanned from scrapbook.
Pictured: photo of the Lyric (theater) located at 426 Chillicothe Street. It opened in 1912 and seated 450 people. Also, a photograph of Lou Kricker: prominent Portsmouth citizen. Image cut from publication: Kendall's Hall, located at the southeast corner of Seventh (7th) and Chillicothe Streets. A newspaper advertisement for Wilhelm's, located on Chillicothe Street.
Colorized photo image of the Lyric Theatre, located at 426 Gallia Street. It opened in 1917 and closed in 1924. The First National Bank used the site for an addition onto their building.
Tinted photo image of the Lyric Theater 426 Chillicothe Street with the elaborate sculptured peacock above the arched lobby entrance. It opened in 1912 and seated 450 people. The Lyric was razed in 1924 for the expansion of the First National Bank next door.
Black and white polaroid photo of family at dinner table in kitchen, red ink on front indicates (L-R): Harold, Kathy, Ken, Dad (Herbert), Doug, Me (Victoria), and Mary.
Black & white photo image of the sexton's lodge or caretakers residence in Greenlawn Cemetery. The Portsmouth Times, September 24, 1892: "The sexton's lodge is close to the Offnere Street Entrance....." This cottage is no longer standing.
Black and white photo image of the lobby of the Washington Hotel. It was built in 1901 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets. The charge of one day was $3.00 according to the History of Scioto County by Nelson Evans. In 1979 the Washington hotel became part of the Riverview Retirement Center serving the elderly and handicapped.
Tinted image of the Lizzie Bay steamboat with many people on deck. She was built in 1886 in Madison, Indiana. From The Portsmouth Times July 13, 1898: "Three Feet Only Required. The Lizzie Bay passed up at noon. The Stanley comes down at 7pm tonight. These boats can run in three feet of water." She was dismantled in 1912.
Colored photo image of the covered bridge over the Little Scioto River. The Little Scioto runs south through Harrison Township and enters the Ohio River at Sciotoville.
