A cardboard holiday Marting's gift box with red, green, and white Christmas wreath design all over the lid and box itself with 'Marting's' etched in gold on the inside. "SB, $4.50" is written in pencil inside.
Bronze metal letter opener with 'The Dove Quality Line Portsmouth, Ohio' engraved with a unique design. The Dove Hat Co. was first known as the Portsmouth Hat Company and was established in 1892. Located at 124 West 2nd St (Second St) in the Houston building and then in the Fuller Building at 75 West 2nd St (Second St) in 1911 and lastly the Riley Building at 622 2nd St (Second St) in 1922 after their name was changed to the Dove Hat Company in 1920. At it's peak they were operating 11 locations throughout Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee as a wholesale company that produced hats, clothes, and other items known as the Dove Quality Line.
Off-white, aged, folded paper with color artwork of the Statue of Liberty. Black font. Commencement program lists faculty, Board of Education, program details and graduating class.
Sepia-tone portrait photo image of Wilhelm. Photo glued to tan matboard. J. Ph. Wilhelm immigrated from Germany in 1833. He located in Portsmouth in 1846, and opened a saddle and harness business located on Front St.
Sepia-toned portrait photo image of Charles Weber. Photo glued to matboard. Weber was born in Germany and immigrated here with his parents at the age of 8 (1855). He had a shoe business for 42 years. He died July 30, 1927.
Sepia-toned portrait photo image of the "Honorable" Theodore K. Funk. Photo glued to matboard. Funk was born in 1848 on a farm in Champaign Co., Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan College in 1871 and went on to law. He came to Portsmouth in 1873 and was a Criminal Attorney until his death in 1924.
Sepia-toned portrait photo image of Charles Robertson. Photo is glued to mat. Robertson was a pastor at 2nd Presbyterian Church from 1909-1914. Later he served as "Supply Pastor" for 16 months until he left for N.Y. in 1946. He died in Connecticut in 1953.
Off-white, onion skin document with green and black fonts. Image of a train and an image of a man. Preferred stock no. 1326. Stock information on back. A Northern US Railroad that was mentioned regularly in the Portsmouth Times.
Black and white photo of an elementary class at Highland in 1935. Front row: Burrin Miller, Alice, Peggy Simms, Louise Stout, Ralph Fuller, Carl Adams, Carl Robinson, Frank Jackson, -, Jack McDonald, Betty Jean Lamb. Second row: Jane Ruggles, Robert Baurer, Charles Brady, Mary, -, Clarence Newman, Jack Williams, -, -, Donald Farrel. Third Row: Gleane Sparks, Jean Spencer, Emma Jette, Jack Robinson, Homer Selby, William Richards, Lowell Prowel, Russel Tompson, Chester, Mable Mealey. Fourth Row: John Evans, Clen Copper, Ella Mae Tompson, Donald Martin, Eugene Goodman, Clarence Morce, Harold Hicks, Gorge Day, James Boid, Paul Dowds.
Black and white photo of a class at Highland in 1931. First row: Nancy Lehman, -, Bud Cooper, Frank Jackson, Howard Thompson, Jimmy Frazier, Sue Frowine, -, Ralph Eddy, -. Second row: -, -, Betty Shumway, -, -, Helen Kuhn, John Shumnway, Mortan Atlas. Third row: Ruth Ann Peake, Charlotte Perkinson, Jeanne Switalski, Jane Ruggles, Mry Delabar, -, Eddy Levi, -.
