Colorized image of the park, shows a couple boating on the lake, crowds around the carouse, and the steel mill in the background. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Sepia toned photo image of the School Children's Parade in Portsmouth. During the Korn Karnival in the years 1915 & 1916, the school children, mostly from Portsmouth, North Moreland, and Sciotoville schools participated in many parades.
Colored image of the Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. This building was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily Times of July 27, 1907. Built by H S Grimes at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee)
Colored photo image of children and playground equipment at York Park near the river. York Park, named for Levi D. York, was outside the old flood wall between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.
Tinted image of Market Street businesses and the Washington Hotel at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets. Built in 1901, Washington House became part of the Riverview Retirement Center development serving the elderly and handicapped in 1979. It had been known as the Milner Hotel from 1939 to 1956.
Black and white image of the home of H. T. Bannon. He was the author of the "Scioto Valley Sketches" and "Stories Old and Often Told." The house was located on Robinson Avenue in Portsmouth.
Colorized image of the Terry Waller Mound along with fall leaves and bare trees with an unknown individual standing on top of the mound. On the back, it says that it was the site of the Portsmouth High School.
