Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a sketch of William Beverly Anderson cut from a newspaper. Anderson was born in Kentucky in 1859. His father, George W. Anderson, had a successful shoe store in Portsmouth, and William joined him in 1874, after being a farmer for years. He remained in the business until his father's death in 1895. William took over the shoe store after this.
Also picture: newspaper advertisement for Edward T. Welch Wholesale Confectioner on Second (2nd) Street