Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 185. Pictured is a typed page with two sections. First part: Information about the Local Gas Company and the men who worked there. Civil War; James McCann; John McNeill; L. C. Robinson; A. R. (Gus) Turley; lamp lighter Billy McGee; gas lamp
Second part: Ordinance for the Licensing of Dogs in Portsmouth. The reason for this was because dogs played an important role in herding animals used for meat by the butchers.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Black and white picture of the Portsmouth Shoe Company, located at 127 West Front Street. Cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is typed page giving details about musical groups in Portsmouth. Professor Thime, violin teacher with a studio at Wilhelm's; "Mazurka;" Will Holmes; John Cook; Will Irwin; Ira Wyles; Edward Julian; Ohio River; Thompson's Saw Mill; John Brand; Dr. Montague Julian, dentist; Dr. Wright; Mrs. A. C. Blake.
Pictured below text: black and white photo of J. D. Clarke and Ben Gaylord Jr. Also, Dan McFarland Jr. and James Lodwick, both cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a wedding invitation for Lena Riesman and Simon Labold on June 23, 1886 at the synagogue in Portsmouth. Below: typed page of a remembrance of William Pursell, a well known fireman in Portsmouth for the Number One Fire Company.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing Portsmouth's Fourth of July Centennial Celebration that involved parades, music, and bonfires.
Below text: G. W. Moothart and Marshal Fred Schmitt, both prominent Portsmouth citizens. Pictures cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book. Also, a sketch of the Palace Restaurant on Second (2nd) Street.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is the wedding invitation of Louisiana Moore to James W. Ricker on November 3, 1870. Although she was born born on a steamboat near Louisiana, most of her Louisiana's life was lived in Portsmouth. Her father was Captain William Moore, a riverboat captain who kept a diary. He taught Louisiana to keep her own diaries as well.
Pictured: P. J. Dunham, Col. John R. Hurd, and John R. Lynn, all cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 188. Two color postcards. The second Portsmouth Masonic Temple was built in 1906 at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets. Nearly destroyed by fire in December of 1925, it was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928 - 1971. It was acquired by Desco Credit Union in about 1981.
The second image is of the Toll Gate at Two Mile Hill (now Coles Boulevard).
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a photo of John R. T. Barnes with a brief history beneath the photo. Barnes was born May 17, 1830. He was the first soldier in the Civil War from Scioto County to give his life.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is Ed. K. McAleer and ads for Portsmouth businesses. Biggs Sample Room; L. &. E. Yaeger; Central Grocery Company; T. B. Blake's; T. M. Lynn Eclipse Livery Stable; The Sample Shoe Company; J. B. Nichols Jr. & Bro.; Haas Schwartz & Company; River City Laundry.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: black and white photo of Union Mills on the west side. 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 190. Typed page with two articles. Top: details about Wood's London Butterscotch candy, began in 1860 by William Wood. He had a sideline by a grocery store at the corner of Front and Jefferson Streets. This was also called "Pig Iron Corner." Thomas P. Brown; Chit Conway.
Bottom story gives a brief history of Union Mills on the west side. Scioto River; Distillery; Jess Farley; Jake Becker; George Davis; Scioto River Bridge; steamer.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are N & W Station, World War Scenes in black and white: Red Cross Nurses; Train Passing By. Also, black and white photo of "Judge" Crain. Newspaper Advertisements: William Gillett's on the corner of Second (2nd) and Court Streets; A. F. W. Schleifer, Physician and Surgeon at 412 Washington Street; Mary Allman, teacher of music at 75 West Third (3rd) Street; John Baron Hardware Dealer
