Color photomechanical print of General Hospital at 2001 Scioto Trail taken after 1925. It was known as Hempstead Hospital from 1907 to 1925. It was re-named Scioto Memorial Hospital in 1964. The new Scioto Memorial hospital was opened on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street in 1968. The old building was razed in 2006.
Colorized photo print of Greyhound Bus Depot Building at 1127 Gallia Street with a bus showing in the garage door. It was opened in 1941 and razed in about 2007.
Grayscale photomechanical print of the Wheelersburg Masonic Temple on the corner of Gallia Street and Lick Run/Lyra Road. The Western Sun Masonic Lodge has met here since 1923.
Shoe manufacturer, building, Drew Selby, color image; postmarked. Front and side view building with horse and buggies. The 1906 Portsmouth City Directory lists the Selby Shoe Company at John and Seventh (7th) Streets.
Color photomechanical print of Lock and Dam facing Kentucky; Dam 31 Housing in background.
In 1920, Dam 31, just 2 ½ miles west below the city, was dedicated.
At a cost of over $1,000,000, and over 200 men, the dam took nearly eight years to complete due to weather delays.
In 1956, the Federal government eliminated dam 31, and it was demolished in 1964.
Color photomechanical print of the steamboat, built in New Richmond, Ohio in 1883. The Tacoma ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. In 1922 she and three other steamboats burned in Cincinnati.
Colorized photomechanical print of Holy Redeemer church at 1325 Gallia Street. The Holy Redeemer Church was founded when a need arose for the separation of the English and German-speaking congregations. In 1853 the Irish Catholic congregation built their first Holy Redeemer building on Sixth (6th) Street. This building on Gallia Street was constructed in 1905.
Black and white photo image of the steamboat The Cincinnati. From the Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday April 7, 1924: "New Steamer Cincinnati Makes Trip From Pittsburgh to Queen City in 40 Hours. The Ohio river Steamer Cincinnati broke previous river records in her trip from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, arriving here today. The boat made the trip in forty hours and averaged 20 miles an hour. The best previous time was a little more than 48 hours. The Cincinnati passed down here Sunday evening at 10 o'clock."
Colorized image of the Second Presbyterian Church interior at Eighth (8th) and Waller Streets. After the success of the First Presbyterian Church, the Second Presbyterian Church was constructed at Waller and Eighth (8th) Streets in 1875. On December 3, 1911, the new building of "Humellstown Brownstone" was dedicated at the same location. The post mark date of 1915 indicates this view is the inside of the 1911 building.
