Black & white AP photo showing an aerial view of volunteers laying sand bags to make a temporary levee to protect the city against the Ohio & Scioto Rivers. Spots in the left center are empty bags dropped from airplanes.
Black & white AP photo showing soldiers & volunteers throwing throwing up sandbag barriers in Portsmouth suburbs as flood waters moved in. Pictured is a dike across Second (2nd) Street. Residents watch the Ohio River rise against it.
Colorized photo image of Soldiers' Monument in Tracy Park, flanked by cannons. It was dedicated in 1879. Henry Lorberg: "it cost $6500.00 and was presented to the city by the Ladies Union Soldiers Circle. The statue represents John Barnes, first man from Scioto County to make the supreme sacrifice in the Civil War. He was killed at Viena, and the Sons of Veterans organization bears that name. The park was presented to the city by Francis Campbell in 1853, owner of the Barr Addition, and named in honor of Samuel F. Tracy, his attorney."
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a Portsmouth, Ohio Informational Card; H. A. Lorberg, Publisher; a color postcard: On Kinney's Lane; and The R. Bell Homestead, cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
page 34- 3 black & white photo portraits of various size and shapes. Firemen listed as: E. K. McAleer- Chief, George Gims, John Behrens, Lou Ellis, George Brown, Charles White.
"Old Speed", James Lodwick, Honesty Jones, Daniel Purcell, Squire McCoy, James Keyes, Judge Salters
Black and white image of the Scioto River Bridge. This was the fifth (5th) bridge built over the Scioto River. It was a wood floor pier bridge to replace the suspension bridge that fell in 1884 killing two children. This bridge washed out in the 1913 flood with no fatalities.
