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Title
Portsmouth High School
Subject
Portsmouth High School building
Description
Black and white photo of Portsmouth High School at Gallia and Waller Streets. Built in 1912. Closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.
1913 Flood after the bridge over the Scioto River was washed away.
Description
Black & white photo taken after the 1913 flood washed out the bridge over the Scioto River. This shows "the Point" where the bridge connected Scioto Street in Portsmouth to the west side.
Colored drawing of flowers and decorative inscription: "A Birthday of happiness Radiant with Hope's rosy light, And Many Another to follow, As years take their flight."
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.