Browse Items (21365 total)

• 
  Lucasville, Ohio
  West Side Scene

  Black and white photo image of the tow path and canal on the west side.
• 
  Union Mills, West Side, Portsmouth, O

  Colorized image of the canal, towpath, and mill in West Portsmouth.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.
• 
  Giant Oak Mill, Pine Creek

  Black and white photo image of the Giant Oak Mill on Pine Creek in Wheelersburg
• 
  At Dixon's Mill, Portsmouth, Ohio
  "Out Where the Sun Always Shines the Brightest"

  Blue toned photo image of Dixon's Mill located south of Minford on the LIttle Scioto River in Harrison Township near State Route 335.
• 
  Along the Scioto Valley, Portsmouth, O

  Colorized photo image of railroad tracks, the towpath, and the canal on the west side of Scioto county
• 
  Streetcar number 30

  Sepia tone photo of a street car identified as number 30 with a carman posing at each end.
• 
  A Scene in Mill Brook, Portsmouth, O

  Colorized photo image of Millbrook Lake. Levi York began developing the 85 acre Millbrook Park in 1899. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
• 
  The Irving Drew Co., Portsmouth, O

  Black and white image of the Irving Drew factory. The 1915 Portsmouth City Directory lists locations of the Irving Drew Company as 533-537 Front Street and 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th) Street.
• 
  The Excelsior Shoe Co., Portsmouth, O

  Tinted image of the Excelsior Shoe factory at the corner of Gallia Street and Campbell Avenue. The company began in 1889, moved to Gay and Third (3rd) Streets in 1893 and in 1913 this factory was built. In 1935 Williams Manufacturing purchased the building.
• 
  Chillicothe Street, Portsmouth, Ohio

  Color photo showing Chillicothe Street on a warm summer day (78 degrees). A banner promoted the upcoming Charity Horse Show.
• 
  The New Sun Theater
  835 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, O
  

  Black and white photo image of the Sun Theater Building at 835 Gallia Street. The signs on this building in other photos were "Vaudeville" and "Orpheum."
  This view does not show the Kricker Building built by George Kricker in 1893 which held Portsmouth City offices, the Business College, and many other businesses. It was farther to the west on Gallia Street adjacent to the Old Stone Post Office.
• 
  Greetings from Portsmouth, O

  Colored cartoon drawings frame a sepia tone photo of the river or a lake surrounded by trees. Printed under the photo: "Gay life in the city is all right for a time, But I'll take the country and the simple life for mine."