Tan, canvas bag with some loose stitching and stains. Front, "Smoke the Buckeye Stogie Manufactured by Fred Doerr's Sons, Portsmouth, Ohio"
Fred Doerr came from Germany to Portsmouth in 1847 at the age of 14. After learning the tobacco trade, he opened a factory on Front Street in 1850. He died in 1895, and his sons continued.
Clear glass bottle, engraved "George Fisher Druggist Portsmouth, Ohio" Bottom of glass is engraved "W.T & CO" The drugstore was located on the corner of Sixth and Chillicothe Street.
Rusted cream of tartar can with green and brown label with red print for the "Gilbert Brand, Pure Spices, packed for the Gilbert Gro. Co., Portsmouth, Ohio. 5 lbs pure ground cream tartar on back.
A clear milk bottle from Gilpin Dairy made in Sciotoville, Scioto County, Ohio. Red writing on front and back with saying "Milk in glass bottles tastes like milk."
Brown case with silver print. "Dr. A.P. Altizer, Optometrist, Lyric Bldg, Dial 2-9381, Portsmouth, O."
Enclosed round-rimmed glasses with dark brown frame- one arm broken, Dr. Arthur Paul Altizer was located at 822 1/2 Gallia Street.
Rimless lens gold wire frame glasses from Dr. Albert Neil Conkle. Dr. Conkle opened his office in 1931 at 822 Gallia Street upstairs over the Lyric Theater. "The Arm Chair Philosopher" radio program on WPAY featured Dr. Conkle. He died in 1947 about two years after he retired.
Rimless octagonal lens gold wire frame glasses from Dr. George B. Brown, M.D. Dr. Brown, whose specialty was eye, ear, nose & throat, practiced in Portsmouth from 1921 until his death in 1937. In 1922 his office was at 321-322 Masonic Temple.
Glasses with round lens set in gold wire frames from Dr. James Kelso. Dr. Kelso was born in 1886 and died in 1979 at the age of 93. In 1922 he began practice as a chiropractor and optometrist at 4002 Gallia Street in New Boston. He retired in May of 1978. (from his obituary August 20, 1979 in the Portsmouth Times).
Silver wire frame with rimless octagon shaped lenses. Case is dark green metal with green velvet inside. The optometrist office of James G Bennett and Joseph M Babcock was located at 837 Gallia Street in the 1920 Portsmouth City Directory.
