Black and white photo image of the Casino in Millbrook Park. This building was actually a theater located just inside the park gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred. The Casino was the prime social gathering place in New Boston in the early 1900's. Plays, films, and concerts were shown all year for entertainment.
Sepia tone photo image of the LaRoy Theatre located at 848 Gallia Street. The name LaRoy came from the owners' names, Simon Labold and Dan W. Conroy. It opened in 1926 to a crowd of thousands, according to a Portsmouth Times article. The building was razed in 1974 to widen Gay Street.
Black & white photo image of the church building and neighboring houses. Upper left corner has young woman in a hat other- three corners floral motif above the building river scene. Grand View also Grandview Avenue
Black and white photo image of the Devil's Den, a small alcove in the trees on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River. Portsmouth can be seen from the area.
Handcolored photo of YMCA built in 1906 at 2829 Gallia Street (at the end of Norfolk Street) by the N & W Railroad for railroad employees sleeping quarters. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
Black & white photo image of the Eastland Theater at 1804 Eleventh (11th) Street at the corner of Hutchins Street. It opened in 1920 and was still listed in the 1954 Portsmouth City Directory.
Colored image of Selby Shoe Factory. The Selby Shoe Company reached a peak employment of about 5500 in its factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957. There was a tunnel under Findlay Street to the Post Office.
