Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of James S. Thomas and the Spillway in Millbrook Park. 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.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: typed page giving details about several incidents involving the hogs at the Furnace Companies along the M & C and J. M. Wendelken
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Isaac Farley Jr.; Hon. James W. Newman; John P. Terry; Newspaper Article "At the Grant Bridge Banquet..."
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page about Probate Judge Thomas C. Calvert. Pictured: John White; William Hard; Belle Connolly
Winter's Shoe Store; Adam Giesler's Meat Market at 221 Market Street; The Rev. W. A. (Billy) Sunday; W. H. McCall; Event Card at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hard on December 26, 1867
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page giving information about G. D. Bishop and Merchant Tailors in Portsmouth. Also pictured is the Old Dugan Homestead; Ben Gaylord Jr. and Dan McFarland; W. H. H. Taylor
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page with black and white photographs of unknown men at the bottom. In the typed paragraphs, there is information about the Catholic Church of the Nativity, St. Mary's Church, Pig Iron, and the Scioto and Hocking Valley Railway
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of John Barnes: First Soldier from Scioto County to Give his Life for his Country during the Civil War. Below the photo is information: Barnes was born May 17, 1830. He enlisted April 16, 1861 in Company G. of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Barnes was shot and killed in Vienna, Virginia. Following his death, his brother, J. C. Barnes, went and took his place in the ranks without being enlisted and without pay.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is two black and white photographs. Top image: the Masonic Temple Fire (December 6, 1925). This second Masonic Temple in Portsmouth was built in 1906 At Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. The fire of 1925 destroyed much of the building. The second photograph is of the First National Bank Corner, the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. Buildings located in this area were the old First National Bank Building on the corner, J. F. Carr Watches and Diamonds, a shoe and hat store.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the First Baptist Church located on the southwest corner of Gallia and Waller Streets and Play House Corner on the corner of Sixth (6th) Street. The Play House was located in part of the former Sixth (6th) Street Methodist Church building. In the 1914 City Directory, the Play House was listed as having billiards, bowling, tobacco supplies, candy, and magazines.
