Tan-aged paper attached to a scrapbbok page. Pictured is a typed letter to Henry A. Lorberg from Herrman Mohr of the Cleveland store of the Richman Brothers Co. The letter refers to a transaction that occurred in which Mr. Lorberg sent them two photographs of the new Temple building. The company acknowledges their beginnings in Portsmouth. Richman Brothers Company began in Portsmouth and was located on Front Street in 1856. Originally the company was called Lehman, Richman & Company as it was started by Joseph Lehman and Henry Richman.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photograph of the 2nd (Second) Presbyterian Church, 801 Waller Street. Original buildings, located at Eighth (8th) & Waller Streets, were dedicated in 1875 when the First Presbyterian Church needed expansion due to a growing congregation. A new brownstone church. The church was dedicated in 1911. A fire gutted much of the building in 1933, but it was restored and re-dedicated in 1935.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo image of a bird's eye view of Portsmouth from the Kentucky Hills. Note the steamboats on the Ohio River. Image is cut from Lorberg publication for scrapbook.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a black and white photo of the Union Mills Distillery. The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly before his death in 1894.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Frank Ross; Milford Keyes, Prominent Author and Journalist; Florence Norton and Essie Tynes, Mrs. George M. Appel, H. A. Lorberg, Publisher
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: The Tremper Shoe Factory at Second (2nd) Street and Jefferson Street; Prof. Thomas Vickers; A. R. Turley; J. D. Clare; A. Bentley; J. F. Towell; E. B. Lodwick; O. A. Lodwick
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Old Fourth (4th) Street School Bell in Scudder School; W. H. Bondall; George H. Gaffy; George M. Appel; Captain Samuel Reber; John J. Glidden
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: Grand Tableaux Vivant Programme, benefitting the Ladies Mission Society on February 1868; John Barnes; Mrs. Amanda Pursell; George B. Bailey
