Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: Faded photograph of The Uncle Jimmy Woods Grocery, with typed description underneath: Third (3rd) and Chillicothe Streets- present site of the Hurth Hotel
Pictured: S. L. Gilbert, Buddy Wertz, Colonel John M. Higgins, and James Patterson. These pictures were cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Black & white photo of a man with a horse drawn cart lettered U.S. Laundry Co. of Fourth (4th) Street. The 1910 - 1911 Portsmouth city directory lists the United States Laundry Co at 24 E Fourth (4th) street.
Tinted image of the bridge. A notation at the top: "The Grants operated a tannery on the site of the Kentucky approach to the bridge." The bridge, also known as the Fullerton Bridge, opened in 1927 as a toll bridge and became toll free in 1974. In 2001 it was closed for demolition and replacement.
Black and white photo image of the U. S. Grant Bridge, also known as the Fullerton Bridge. The bridge was opened in August of 1927 and was the first bridge to make it all the way across the Ohio River to reach Kentucky from Portsmouth, Ohio, thus connecting the two states. Though the bridge was only opened to walking traffic at first, it did allow cars to pass over it in September of 1927. It opened as a toll bridge, became toll free in 1974, and was razed in 2001. The new U. S. Grant Bridge would replace this one in 2006.
Black and white photo with the sky tinted blue, showing the first U.S.Grant Bridge looking toward Kentucky. It connected Ohio and Kentucky by US Route 23. Also known as the Fullerton Bridge, it opened in 1927 as a toll bridge, became toll free in 1974, was razed in 2001, and replaced in 2006.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 2. Shown are images cut from publication. The Turley Corner; Gallia Street; Offnere Street; Trinity M. E. Church; J. H. Waite; Reveries Portsmouth's Past Stories of the Other Days; Unidentified Man; On The West Side
Black and white drawn image of the Turley Building at the northeast corner of Chillicothe and Second (2nd) Streets. Built by Leslie Turley in 1905, the First National Bank was located there in 1906. The Checker Store was there from 1952 until 1973. It was razed for the expansion of Shawnee State University in 1992.
Black and white photo image of the Turley Building on Chillicothe at Second (2nd) Street. The Turley Building was built by Leslie Turley in 1905. In 1906 the First National Bank and several other businesses were in the Turley Building. The Checker Store was there from 1952 until 1973. It was razed for the expansion of Shawnee State University in 1992.
