Sepia-tone photo image of 6 nurses of the class of 1928. Names included underneath each image; Pauline Wiehle, Henrietta Price, Lucile Kitley, Wilma McCormick, Margaret Rowson and Phoebe Wilking.
Photo matted.
Black and white photo image taken from crowd of William H. Taft on stage at Tracy Park. In 1853 Tracy Park was given to the city of Portsmouth by Francis Campbell in honor of his attorney, Samuel M Tracy. John R T Barnes, the first Scioto County soldier to die in the Civil War, is represented on the 40 foot monument which was dedicated in 1879.
Street Scene of Korn Karnival Parade with Old Post Office at the corner of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets in background. The Korn Karnival preceded the River Days Parade. It lasted from 1913 to 1917.
Document from the Auditor's Office of Scioto County for the purchase of 10 acres of "lands forfeited to the State of Ohio for the non payment of taxes...." by Roswell Craine.
Black & white photo image of the steamer Greenwood along the Ohio River. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a snag at the mouth of the Scioto River. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades until she collided with the Chris Greene and sank in 1925.
Black and white image of the Home For Aged Women at the northwest corner of Front and Chillicothe Streets on lot 144. Opened in 1889, the 15 room building was used until the lot was needed for construction of the approach to the first U.S. Grant Bridge in 1927
