Color image of Central Presbyterian - Front and Side View. DeVoss and Donaldson. Established as German Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth in 1866, services were conducted in German until 1909. The first service in this building at Twenty-Third (23rd) and Waller Streets was April 2, 1927. The church closed in January of 2012.
Color photo image of the "Y" bridge. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colorized image of two men in a boat named "Chaperon" on the lake in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colored photo image of the covered bridge over the Little Scioto River. The Little Scioto runs south through Harrison Township and enters the Ohio River at Sciotoville.
Colorized image of the fire brick works along the Ohio River; Kentucky hills in background. Scioto Fire Brick Company was incorporated in 1871. In 1898 the plant covered 13 acres. It suffered a major fire in 1913 and was sold in 1917.
Colorized photo image of the steamer H.K.Bedford. She was built in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1878. From the Portsmouth Times on February 28, 1912: "Waverly, W.Va.,The steamer H.K.Bedford, which left Parkersburg last night for Pittsburgh, was cut down by the ice near here this morning. There was considerable livestock aboard and these were all drowned. All of the freight on the boat was also lost but all of the crew and passengers escaped. The boat belonged to the Pittsburgh and Parkersburg Packet Co. and was valued at $15,000."
Black & white photo of the Tea Room Building at 732 Sixth (6th) Street, Portsmouth, Ohio. The image is only 8.5 cm x 8 cm so it does not cover the entire card. The owners were Alice WillARD and Eunice KuenZLI, therefore ARDZLI.
Colorized photo image of the steel mill showing smoke stacks and body of water. Slight eraser smudge at top. The New Boston steel mill was known as the Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909 to 1920, and the Wheeling Steel Corporation from 1920 to 1946.
