Colorized photo image of snag boats on the Ohio River. A snag boat was a steamboat equipped to remove debris from the waters. On the back of the card: "Uncle Sam's Dredge Boats are constantly removing obstructions from the Ohio River."
Colored photo image of the Millbrook Park Base Ball Field with the New Boston steel mill and the Ohio River in the background. Levi York began developing the 85 acre park in 1899. Millbrook was greatly damaged by the flood, and was totally dismantled by 1935.
Black and white photo of the Soldiers' Monument in Soldiers Circle in Greenlawn Cemetery. In 1862 the Ladies Aid Society purchased the Civil War Union Soldier Monument dedicated on May 30, 1869. More than 2300 combat veterans, including 670 from the Civil War, are buried in Greenlawn.
Colorized image of a child and a sign promoting Portsmouth industries and services. The scene shown on the sign is West Second (2nd) Street in the early 1900's.
Black and white photo image of tree house in Timmonds Park, a park developed by Samuel Timmonds, who was a member of the board for the Biggs House, a popular Portsmouth hotel. The headline in Portsmouth Times May 11, 1897: "The New Park. Sam Timmonds is Making a Little Paradise Out of It. A Charmingly Beautiful Resort Within Easy Reach of Our Citizens." He added a lake in a December 13, 1897 Times article: "It is now one of the finest skating parks in the country, finished last week and the first good freeze will make fine skating. A dam will be built higher and a summer resort made out of it."
