Sepia tone photo of Chillicothe Street looking south from about Sixth (6th) Street. Marting Brothers store is at the right and on the left is the old Stone Post Office on the corner of Gallia Street. Street car tracks run down the middle of Chillicothe.
Colored photo image of Chillicothe Street at night. At the right is the Turley Building on the northeast corner of Chillicothe and Second (2nd) Streets, built by Leslie Turley in 1905. In 1906 The First National Bank was located in the building. The Checker Store was there from 1952 until 1973. It was razed for the expansion of Shawnee State University in 1992.
Colorized photo image of the Headquarters Cottage. On September 26, 1935, the Roosevelt Game Preserve was dedicated as the first public hunting preserve in Ohio. Only squirrels, cottontail rabbits, and foxes were considered legal game.
Black and white photo image of Chillicothe Street looking north from Second (2nd) Street. The Corner Book Store is on the left at 205 and the Turley Building is on the right at 206 Chillicothe Street.
Colorized image of Selby Shoe Factory. Selby reached a peak employment of about 5500 in the factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957.
Colorized image of the Selby Shoe Factory. Selby reached a peak employment of about 5500 in the factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957.
Colorized image of the Selby Shoe factory. Selby reached a peak employment of about 5500 in the factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957. There was a tunnel under Findlay Street to the Post Office.
Colored photo image of the Casino, actually a theater just inside the park gates at 420 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with seating for five hundred. Plays, films, concerts, etc. were featured all year around.