Black and white photo image of construction worker on top of the new Y.M.C.A. Building with a view of the Standard Oil Gas Station at corner of Gallia and Waller Streets. Portsmouth High School on hill.
Sepia tone photo image of tabernacle building, utility poles, horse and wagon, ice cream stand across street. The tabernacle was located at the corner of Gallia and Lincoln Streets and extended south to Seventh (7th) Street. It was built in five days by local volunteers and was opened to the public on December 29, 1910. The Billy Sunday campaign in Portsmouth lasted 6 weeks.
black & white photo image of the tabernacle interior showing empty benches, posts supporting ceiling framework, electric lights, crowd seated in distant section. The tabernacle was located at the corner of Gallia and Lincoln Streets and extended south to Seventh (7th) Street. It was built in five days by local volunteers and was opened to the public on December 29, 1910. The Billy Sunday campaign in Portsmouth lasted 6 weeks.
Tinted photo image of Blake Block in the east end at the corner of flooded Gallia and Lawson Streets. Boats are shown at the front of Flood & Blake Drugs and Sundries at 2109-2111 Gallia, John W. Flood Proprietor. About 1900 a well-known butcher named Thomas B. Blake purchased the property and developed five store rooms in the block facing Gallia Street at the corner of Lawson.
Black and white photo image of snow covering Findlay Street and cars during the blizzard of 1950. Kirby Kraft (Kirby's Floral Company) building is seen in the background. Kirby's Floral Company is still at this same location, 923 Gallia Street.
Sepia toned photo image of the Bohemian Club Building, location unknown. The 1908-09 Portsmouth City Directory lists the Bohemian Club at 596 Gallia Street and lists the Sieling & Cunningham Gent's Furnishings (sign in center windows) at 1011 Lawson Street.
Black and white photo negative of a group of people in boats during a flood in 1907, on the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. Also known as Carr Corner, because J.F. Carr Jewelers, seen in the photo, sat on the corner located at 813 Gallia Street.
