Sepia tone photo image of a man in a delivery truck (No. 11) in front of Malt & Bottling on 2nd Street. Photo matted. An article about the Portsmouth Brewing and Ice Company from the Portsmouth Times, dated March 31, 1894, talks about "the malt house, bottling rooms, and stables on the opposite side of Second (2nd) Street, occupy a lot of 50 x 110 feet."
Aged white with light blue floral background, Hallmark Logo, and Betsey Clark illustrations. Printed in black: Richards News, 1328 Gallia St., Portsmouth, OH 45662, 353-0988.
Aged in color letterhead/tablet of Hibbs Hardware printed in black and red with address, phone, etc.
1723 Tenth (10th) Street, Portsmouth, Ohio, 45662
(614) 353-2995/ 353-2315
Sepia tone photo, image of employees at a banquet. Photo is mounted on matboard that has watermark and corners broken.
Front box lettering: 2nd Annual Banquet of the Employees of the Vulcan Last Co., Portsmouth O. Jan. 1, 1923.
On back: Ray Countermarsh, front table, second from right, back to camera
Black & White photo of the Buena Vista (also known as Rockville or Freestone) post office building. The first post office near Buena Vista was opened in 1848, the year after U.S. forces defeated Santa Anna in the Battle of Buena Vista in northeast Mexico. In 1960, the post office closed and the mail was processed through Stout.