Color photomechanical print of General Hospital at 2001 Scioto Trail taken after 1925. It was known as Hempstead Hospital from 1907 to 1925. It was re-named Scioto Memorial Hospital in 1964. The new Scioto Memorial hospital was opened on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street in 1968. The old building was razed in 2006.
Colorized photo print of Greyhound Bus Depot Building at 1127 Gallia Street with a bus showing in the garage door. It was opened in 1941 and razed in about 2007.
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.
Color and black and White With invoice for the Tracy Shoe Company for the Buckeye Fire and Brick Company. Tracy Shoe Company was located at 66 and 68 West Second (2nd) Street.
Color and Black and White invoice for Murphy Shoe Company to the Buckeye Fire Brick and Clay Company. Murphy Shoe Company was located at 130-32 West Second (2nd) Street.