Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 79. The Shop; The Hammer Club; Rev. W. A. Sunday; Revival Campaign; Temperance Sermon; Memorial Hall; Newt. R, Warwick; Railway; W. W. Peabody; O. P. McCarthy; Charles O. Serell; Burnett House; Western Railways; Dr. J. B. Warwick
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: the Sixth (6th) Street School and the High School in Portsmouth.
Ad for the Ed Batterson Dairy Co. at 614 John Street
Black and white photo image of the Sixth (6th) Street School. On July 15, 1867 the former home of Judge William Salter was deeded to the school board and used as a residence for the school superintendent. It was later remodeled as a school building and ready for classes by January of 1868. In June of 1871 the Board of Education began building a new high school.
Colored image of Sixth (6th) Street School, located at the end of Sixth (6th) Street behind the present Post Office. The former home of Judge William Salter, it was converted into a school in 1868.
Colorized image of Soldiers' Monument in Greenlawn Cemetery. Within the new cemetery in Portsmouth in the mid to late 1800's, land was set aside after the War of the Rebellion due to there being no place to bury soldiers, known today as Soldier Circle. On May 30, 1869 the first public service was held in the cemetery, and the Ladies Aid Society purchased the Civil War Union Soldier Monument to be placed there.
Black and white photo image tri split for the three scenes; Spillway, Greenlawn cottage, and houseboats on the Ohio River. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Photo image of Millbrook Park's spillway. The spillway's water came from the overflow of the lake. The structure was about twenty feet wide with ten inch steps running down one hundred and fifty feet. The water made a cascade that fell thirty feet making, quite a spectacle.
