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The Masonic Temple, Portsmouth, O
Leather Postcard
Post Office Portsmouth, Ohio
Leather Postcard showing the old stone post office built at the corner of Gallia & Chillicothe Streets in 1891. It was expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
The Portsmouth Steel Co.
Portsmouth, O
Colorized image of the steel plant in New Boston. Levi D.York built the steel mill in New Boston after his Portsmouth mill burned in 1898. It was known as the Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902-1909 and the Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909-1920.
Children's Home --Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of Children's Home building built in 1876 on Grant Street property that now is part of Mound Park. It closed in 1921 when Hillcrest Children's home opened in Wheelersburg.
Ben Scidel's House, Bloom Township
Sepia photo of home. Note on back: "Ben Scidel House, Sec 8 Bloom Twp near Pinkerman"
Carnegie Public Library, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black & white image of library building
Scioto Brush Creek 348, Otway Ohio
Black & white photo of covered bridge on route 348 over Scioto Brush Creek near Otway in Scioto Brush Creek TWP.
Government Square, Portsmouth, O
Dark blue night time image of Government Square opposite the old stone Post Office at far left, and the city building or the Kricker Building at center. The Royal Savings building is on the right.
The Lizzie Bay Portsmouth, Ohio
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…
A View of Portsmouth from Kentucky
Tinted image of Portsmouth, the Ohio River
A Familiar Ohio River Scene at Portsmouth, Ohio
Black & white image of the Greyhound steamboat. The Greyhound was built in Ironton in 1901. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was quite fast. Used as a wharfboat at Ironton, she was lost in ice December 31, 1917.
The Sixth Street School, Portsmouth, O.
Colored image of Sixth (6th) Street School, located at the end of Sixth (6th) Street behind the present Post Office. The former home of Judge William Salter, it was converted into a school in 1868.