Color photomechanical print of the Davis High school building front view, on the corner of Gallia & Waller Streets. It had been the residence of George Davis before being used from 1902 to 1910 as a school. It was razed for the construction of the new high school in 1912.
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.
Black and white image photo of the old stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets after it was enlarged in 1914. - Back of card shows political advertisement for Vernon Smith for Probate (he ran in 1932) The post office was closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction on a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
