Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing Portsmouth's Fourth of July Centennial Celebration that involved parades, music, and bonfires.
Below text: G. W. Moothart and Marshal Fred Schmitt, both prominent Portsmouth citizens. Pictures cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book. Also, a sketch of the Palace Restaurant on Second (2nd) Street.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a wedding invitation for Lena Riesman and Simon Labold on June 23, 1886 at the synagogue in Portsmouth. Below: typed page of a remembrance of William Pursell, a well known fireman in Portsmouth for the Number One Fire Company.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is typed page giving details about musical groups in Portsmouth. Professor Thime, violin teacher with a studio at Wilhelm's; "Mazurka;" Will Holmes; John Cook; Will Irwin; Ira Wyles; Edward Julian; Ohio River; Thompson's Saw Mill; John Brand; Dr. Montague Julian, dentist; Dr. Wright; Mrs. A. C. Blake.
Pictured below text: black and white photo of J. D. Clarke and Ben Gaylord Jr. Also, Dan McFarland Jr. and James Lodwick, both cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Black and white picture of the Portsmouth Shoe Company, located at 127 West Front Street. Cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 185. Pictured is a typed page with two sections. First part: Information about the Local Gas Company and the men who worked there. Civil War; James McCann; John McNeill; L. C. Robinson; A. R. (Gus) Turley; lamp lighter Billy McGee; gas lamp
Second part: Ordinance for the Licensing of Dogs in Portsmouth. The reason for this was because dogs played an important role in herding animals used for meat by the butchers.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the wedding announcement of Floyd L. Smith and Florence C. Slack on September 22, 1892; mail card for H. A. Lorberg from J. P. Morgan, New York; and a black and white photo of Milton Kendall. He was born in Washington County in 1811. Kendall was prominent in local politics.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the end of an article about Musical Events and Festivals. Oscar Boyer; Sam Williams; glee club; Blaine; Grant and Colfax Campaign
Pictures cut from Pictorial Portsmouth: Colonel O. F. Moore, F. C. Searl, David Hahn-the old stage driver, Charles Soule, and Henry Hall
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of John G. Dillon and below is an invitation to his marriage to Emily Estelle Tynes on September 3, 1897 at the Tynes Residence, 174 East Fourth (4th) Street. John G. Dillon was the secretary and treasurer for the Wait Furniture Company since its organization.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 183. Pictured is a typed page with details about musical events and festivals that happened in Portsmouth. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll; Music Hall; musical festivals during the Centennial Year Celebration; Professor W. L. Blumenshein; R. L. Cannon; W. H. Rhodes; Blaine; Blaine Campaign; Enoch J. Salt
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a card For the Twenty-Seventh Reunion of the P. H. S. A. A. on June 21, 1893 with words in cursive script. Also a black and white photo of the corner of Market Street. Shown is James A. Maxwell: Flour, Grain, & Feed at 124
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page talking about local business owners and operators. Shown below are two pictures cut from page in Pictorial Portsmouth: James Charlesworth; David Ramsey; Schuler property; Thomas P. Brown; Dr. McBride; Dr. Wright; dentists; Free Reading Room; Mr. Ramsey; Cyrus G. Powers; National Millinery; Bowman and Kirby; William Grimes; Edward Wright; Ice Cream Soda.
Also pictured: George B. Bailey, born in 1821 in Brown County. Bailey was the man who organized the Kinney Light Guards into Company G, First Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; Captain Francis Cleveland, born in Connecticut in 1796. He was integral to the building of the Canal from Chillicothe to Portsmouth. He gave Waverly its name in Pike County.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Picture cut from Pictorial Portsmouth: prominent Portsmouth women with their names listed below the image (only bottom two rows of pictures is shown) Each picture has a number that corresponds with their name. 1. Eliza V. Dutuit 2. Mary S. Cotton 3. Margaret Lloyd 4. Sarah M. McCall 5. Mary Adams Draper 6. Eliza J. Snodgrass 7. Lydia W. Selby 8. Elida E. Kline 9. Lena Kline Reed
10. Elizabeth W. Hitney
