Black & white photo of the Hotel Hurth on the corner of Chillicothe and Third (3rd) Streets. Built in 1923 by Adolph Hurth, it had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water. It also had a barber shop, a pressing room and a restaurant. The building has been used as senior citizen apartments since 1982.
Black & white image of the Tacoma steamboat, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. She burned in 1922 at Cincinnati along with three other steamboats.
Colored photo of the C & O Railway Bridge over the Ohio River at Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, the C & O bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge ever built. It spans 1,600 feet between the Ohio and Kentucky shores.
Colored image of the Grand Opera House at the north east corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. It was built in 1895 and damaged by fire in 1914, but was rebuilt and known for many years as the Kresge Store.
Sepia image of a man riding on top of two giant ears of corn on a wagon pulled by a horse at the Korn Karnival in Portsmouth. The Korn Karnival was held each fall from 1913 to 1917 when it was suspended due to World War I.
Sepia photo of the Opera House with several people on sidewalks. This photo shows part of the Wilhelm Opera House built by John Wilhelm and opened in 1870 at the corner of Fourth (4th) and Court Streets. It closed in 1899 and was later made into apartments known as the Wilhelmette Flats.
