Glass salt and pepper shakers, painted red and white with accents of pink, yellow, green and blue. According to the Portsmouth Times, this salt and pepper shaker set was a second place prize for the ladies' throwing contest at the Grocer's Picnic on July 13, 1911. The Hansen Furniture Company was located at 97-103 West Second (2nd) Street.
Black and white photo negative of The Portsmouth Blade newspaper building. The Blade newspaper ran from 1879-1914. The building was located at 119 West Second (2nd) Street.
Black and white photo negative of a the Dove Hat Co. building fire. The Dove Hat Co. was first known as the Portsmouth Hat Company and was established in 1892. Located at 124 West 2nd St (Second St) in the Houston building and then in the Fuller Building at 75 West 2nd St (Second St) in 1911 and lastly the Riley Building at 622 2nd St (Second St) in 1922 after their name was changed to the Dove Hat Company in 1920. At it's peak they were operating 11 locations throughout Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee as a wholesale company that produced hats, clothes, and other items known as the Dove Quality Line.
Colored image of street and streetcar on Second (2nd) Street looking east. At right is the Washington Hotel on the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets.
