Colorized photo image of Main Street in Jackson. Many shops including J.W. Miller Art Gallery, street car, horse and buggies, and people. Mailed from Charles in Jackson to Mary Debo in Portsmouth.
Black and white photo image of the old stone Post Office in Portsmouth at the corner of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets. The post office was completed in 1891, expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
Handcolored photo image of Soldiers' Monument in Tracy Park located at Ninth (9th) and Chillicothe Streets. The 40-foot monument was dedicated in 1879 in honor of local soldiers killed in the early days of the Civil War. The first Portsmouth man killed in the war Sergeant John Barnes of Company G. He is portrayed on the top. A photograph of Sergeant Barnes was sent to the sculptor, and those who knew Barnes prior to the war said the granite likeness was very good.
Aged, off-white paper with black calligraphy with typewritten information on land transfer from Andrew Laubner to James Barker in Brush Creek, Scioto Co. Signed by both parties and notarized in Clarke County, Nebraska. Other names: William Kendall, Benj. Rankin, Henry Thomas, Peter Young, Elizabeth Young, and Alexander Oliver.
Worn hardback green leather diary of Robert Alexander Bryan with strap enclosing gold image on flap with lettering "Diary 1866". It has lined pages and handwritten entries inside. Robert was born in 1839 in Adams County, then relocated to Scioto County and became an engineer and surveyor. He was the Scioto County Engineer from 1866-1869, 1880-1885, and then again in 1900, the County Surveyor in 1872, and the City Civil Engineer from 1880-1893. Robert is credited for many engineering projects in Scioto County including bridging the Scioto River at its mouth, overseeing the construction of the Scioto Valley Railway for 16 miles from Portsmouth, creating the 1889 map that hangs at the court house and library, and organizing the first street paving in Portsmouth in 1891. He died in 1913.
Colorized image of the new Portsmouth High School located at the corner of Waller and Gallia Streets. The building was built to replace the in the Davis High School, formerly in the same location. The Portsmouth High School was erected in 1912, closed in 2006, and razed in 2007.
