Newspaper clipping of John R. Skelton with the draft wheel used in the Portsmouth recruiting office during the Civil War. The wheel was on exhibition at the Vienna Camp No 26, Sons of Union Veterans in 1940.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a newspaper article about the demolition of the Sixth (6th) Street High School building. It was built in 1871 on the Salters Lot facing Gallia Street. Pictured below: the interior of the First Baptist Church
Newspaper article entitled "Pastor Given Time for Defense Work" about Reverend Roy B. Allman when he was going to be a Steel Plan Machinist during the time of World War II. It was dubbed a "wartime emergency" and Allman was allowed to continued his pastoral duties while working in the Wheeler Steel Corp. in Portsmouth.
