Colorized photo image of two steamboats along the Ohio River in moonlight. corners of card are clipped off. The boats are named "Island Queen" on the far side and "Cincinnati Gymnasium Boat Club" in the near view.
Black and white photo image of the Portsmouth Solvey and Coke Company, Portsmouth, Ohio. The 1918 Portsmouth City Directory lists: The Portsmouth Solvay Coke company, M.K. Hitchcock, Traffic Manager, 42-43 First National Bank Building. On June 1, 1917, the Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company was purchased by the Portsmouth Solvay Coke Company to supply the ovens at its new by-product coking plant at Portsmouth. The Freeburn mine in Pike County Kentucky furnished high-grade by-product coal to the coke ovens at Portsmouth. In 1921 the American Rolling Mill Company and the Whitaker-Glessner Company jointly acquired all the capital stock of the Portsmouth Solvay Company and changed the name to the Portsmouth By-Product Coke Company.
Sepia tone scene of Main Street in Lucasville, unpaved with trees on each side, The Thomas House, a well known hotel and restaurant, was razed in approximately 1950 for the construction of the new Bank One building
Black and white photo image of the church building at 701 Fifth (5th) Street, showing the 1915 additional educational wing extending on the right. This building was dedicated in 1887 as the German Evangelical Church. The church banned German language in 1918 and became the First Evangelical Church. In 1963 the education unit was replaced with a more modern wing which houses a child daycare. The group has been known as the Evangelical United Church of Christ since 1956.
Colorized photo image of the church interior. Located at 415 Washington Street since 1858, Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church.
Colorized image of the Washington Hotel. The building was built in 1901 at the corner of Market and Second (2nd) Streets. In 1979 the Washington House became part of the Riverview Retirement Center development serving the elderly and handicapped.
