Colorized image of the train depot with horses, buggies, people. The Southern Express Company, agent Harry Rodgers, 534 Second (2nd) Street, is listed in the 1914 Portsmouth City Directory.
Colorized image of the steel mill in New Boston, surrounding homes along the Ohio River. In 1909 the Whitaker Iron Works, the Laughlin Nail Works and the Portsmouth Steel Company combined to form the Whitaker-Glessner Company. In 1920 Wheeling Steel, La Belle Iron and Whitaker-Glessner became Wheeling Steel Corporation until 1946. (Frank H. Rowe-History of the Iron and Steel Industry in Scioto County, Ohio)
Black & white photo image of Scioto County's second Court House. Built in 1836 on the corner of Court and Sixth (6th) Streets, was razed in June 1927, after dedication of the new courthouse.
Photo image, sepia colored, of the band members in outside setting. Roy Liston was born in Wamsleyville in 1877 and for more than 50 years, he taught instrumental music in southern Ohio schools.(obituary, November 19, 1956) On April 6, 1937, the Portsmouth Times noted that he was the supervisor of music in the county schools.
Color photo image of the steamboat on the Ohio River, Kentucky hills in background. The Henry M Stanley was built in 1890 at the Flesher Yard in Murraysville, WV. She ran the Cincinnati-Charleston trade. In 1907 she sank and as preparations were under way to raise her she burned.
Colorized image of the bridge and the Scioto River with men fishing in a boat. This was the fifth (5th) bridge built over the Scioto River. It was a wooden floor pier bridge to replace the suspension bridge that fell in 1884 killing two children. This bridge washed out in the flood of 1913 with no fatalities.
Sepia photo image of men and boys marching east at Second and Court Sts, Portsmouth, Ohio, en route to the 10th (Tenth) St. train station to embark for Columbus to depart for the Spanish-American War.
Sepia photo image of man driving a float with sign "Greetings of the West End" honoring the West end business men. Doerr's Auto Supplies was on Second (2nd) street in Portsmouth.
