aged, tan in color booklet with WWII ration stamps issued to Rosemary Fields, Truitt, Kentucky. Black and red printed, blue ink written. Stamps within.
Worn hardback green leather diary of Robert Alexander Bryan with strap enclosing gold image on flap with lettering "Diary 1866". It has lined pages and handwritten entries inside. Robert was born in 1839 in Adams County, then relocated to Scioto County and became an engineer and surveyor. He was the Scioto County Engineer from 1866-1869, 1880-1885, and then again in 1900, the County Surveyor in 1872, and the City Civil Engineer from 1880-1893. Robert is credited for many engineering projects in Scioto County including bridging the Scioto River at its mouth, overseeing the construction of the Scioto Valley Railway for 16 miles from Portsmouth, creating the 1889 map that hangs at the court house and library, and organizing the first street paving in Portsmouth in 1891. He died in 1913.
A sepia-toned photo scan of Glades School with students and teacher. Names are handwritten in ink on back. Mounted by adhesive on cardboard frame, brown with scrollwork. School was located near Minford in Madison/Harrison Townships.
A scanned sepia-toned photo of the Korn Karnival along Gallia Street. Three businesses identified: Coffman Dentist, 824 1/2 Gallia; Inter-City Tea Co., 822 Gallia, and Philip Burkel Shoemaker Shop, 820 1/2 Gallia.
Tag at bottom reads: Donated by the late Lee Riepenhoff, Wheelersburg, Ohio -1991
off-white check with orange watermark and black illustrations and print. Check written to George Warring, for fifty-eight and 91 cents ($58.91). Signed by M. F. Timmonds. Warring endorsed on back. Has wear and holes.
pink paper certificate with dark blue print and illustrations. Signed by Greta I. Jackson in black ink to certify a Sesquicentennial Belle. Stamped at bottom, Rosalie Phillips as chairman.
gold with navy blue print cardboard matchbook (outside). Located at the corner of 7th (Seventh) and Chillicothe Streets. Opened in 1907 by James R. Distel on Second St. He moved to Chillicothe Street location in 1915.
inside of the Distel Furniture Company matchbook. Off-white and navy blue in color. Located at the corner of 7th (Seventh) and Chillicothe Streets. Opened in 1907 by James R. Distel on Second (2nd) St. He moved to Chillicothe Street location in 1915.
