Colorized photo image of country stetting with cows in pasture. The Beltline was a Portsmouth streetcar track franchised in 1906. It was also known as the Sixth (6th)/Seventeenth (17th) Street Belt Line. Plans were to complete the belt line around the city. A Portsmouth map from the early 1900's shows Samuel B. Timmonds owned property on Kinneys Lane at the east side of Greenlawn Cemetery.
Sepia tone photo of the interior of the store. Opened by Carl N. Hansen in 1909, it was first located at Second (2nd) & Court Streets, then moved to Seventh (7th) & Chillicothe in 1912. Closed in 1917.
Black & white with blue tinted sky photo image of the depot. Passengers along the tracks. Description of Portsmouth on the back. The C&O Railway Depot, storage buildings, and water tower were actually on the South Portsmouth, Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The depot (right side) was opened in the early 1900's and was still being used by the Chessie System when it was destroyed by fire May 1, 1975.
C.T. Photochrom colorized image of the Korn Karnival on Chillicothe Street. People and booths line the street looking north. Businesses pictured: Harris Photography at 234 Chillicothe, Grand Hotel at 404 Chillicothe, F.J. Carr Jewelers at 424 Chillicothe. The Portsmouth Korn Karnival was held each fall from 1913 to 1917 when it was suspended due to World War I. There was no admission fee and there were many constests held and many prizes awarded.
Black and white image with tinted blue sky. This building at Second (2nd) and Court Streets was identified in 1898 in The Portsmouth Blade Industrial Edition as the Elks Building. In the 1903 Portsmouth City Directory it was known as the Elk Block and housed the Portsmouth Banking Company. In the 1916 directory Elks were meeting at Chillicothe & Sixth (6th) Streets and this building at 546 Second (2nd) Street was called "Eagle's Hall." In the mid 1940's the Eagles address listing changed to 950 Gallia Street.
Colorized photo image of the church on the corner of Grandview Ave. and Robinson Ave. This building has been enlarged and remodeled and is now known as Central Church of Christ.
Black and white photo image of the pond with an insert of the hospital. This five story 50 bed building was opened on May 1, 1924 at 1248 Kinney's Lane. It was razed in 2001.
Colorized image of the park, shows a couple boating on the lake, crowds around the carouse, and the steel mill in the background. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Black & white photo of the Tea Room Building at 732 Sixth (6th) Street, Portsmouth, Ohio. The image is only 8.5 cm x 8 cm so it does not cover the entire card. The owners were Alice WillARD and Eunice KuenZLI, therefore ARDZLI.
