Photo image of Chillicothe Street during the 1907 flood. Pictured are unknown individuals traveling by boats through the water. The Lyric Theater can be seen in the background on the right though the image is blurred. It was located at 426 Chillicothe Street.
Black and white photo image of Chillicothe Street during the 1907 flood in Portsmouth. Pictured are unknown individuals in boats traversing the waters. The Senate Buffet and Weber, a shoe store located at 408 Chillicothe Street can be seen as well as a stationery store.
Black and white image of Soldiers Circle in Greenlawn Cemetery. Within the new cemetery in Portsmouth in the mid to late 1800's, land was set aside after the War of the Rebellion due to their being no place to bury soldiers, known today as Soldier Circle. On May 30, 1869 the first public service was held in the cemetery, and the Ladies Aid Society purchased the Civil War Union Soldier Monument to be placed there.
Black and white photo image of Scioto Memorial Hospital located on Twenty-Seventh (27th) Street. It was opened in 1968, and in the 1980's Southern Hills, Mercy, and Scioto Memorial merged as Southern Ohio Medical Center.
Sepia toned image of the Mitchell Manufacturing Company at the southwest corner of Eighth (8th) and Adams Streets. In 1902 Charles Mitchell wanted to make vending machines to sell shoe laces for one nickel. Only later did the company produce their own laces to fill the vending machines. By 1909 they focused on supplying bulk laces to the local shoe factories.
