Black and white photo image of the church building at the northeast corner of Seventh (7th) and Chillicothe Streets. When this building was dedicated in 1870, all services were in German. In 1904 Andrew Carnegie gave $1,000 toward an organ. The German language was abandoned in 1909 and in 1927 services began in a new building at 2306 Waller Street. The church closed in 2012.
Black and white photo image of the theater at Millbrook. Pencil writing on front. 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.
Colorized photo image of the steel mill showing smoke stacks and body of water. Slight eraser smudge at top. The New Boston steel mill was known as the Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909 to 1920, and the Wheeling Steel Corporation from 1920 to 1946.
Black & white photo of the Tea Room Building at 732 Sixth (6th) Street, Portsmouth, Ohio. The image is only 8.5 cm x 8 cm so it does not cover the entire card. The owners were Alice WillARD and Eunice KuenZLI, therefore ARDZLI.
Colorized photo image of the steamer H.K.Bedford. She was built in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1878. From the Portsmouth Times on February 28, 1912: "Waverly, W.Va.,The steamer H.K.Bedford, which left Parkersburg last night for Pittsburgh, was cut down by the ice near here this morning. There was considerable livestock aboard and these were all drowned. All of the freight on the boat was also lost but all of the crew and passengers escaped. The boat belonged to the Pittsburgh and Parkersburg Packet Co. and was valued at $15,000."
Colorized image of the fire brick works along the Ohio River; Kentucky hills in background. Scioto Fire Brick Company was incorporated in 1871. In 1898 the plant covered 13 acres. It suffered a major fire in 1913 and was sold in 1917.
Colored photo image of the covered bridge over the Little Scioto River. The Little Scioto runs south through Harrison Township and enters the Ohio River at Sciotoville.
Colorized image of two men in a boat named "Chaperon" on the lake in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
