Aged, rusted metal lard can for the Jacobs Wholesale Company, that used to be located at 1611 Eleventh (11th) Street. George F. Jacobs started his meat market, "George F. Jacobs", in 1906 located at 359 Eleventh Street, and then moved to the 1611 location in 1912. In 1922 the name changed to Jacobs Wholesale, with Frank Gerlach and Fred Jacobs , George's son, helping run the business. Fred passed away in 1942 and George passed away in 1950, leaving Frank to operate the business alone. In 1956 the business was discontinued after being damaged badly by fire, and Frank was able to obtain a building permit to raze the property.
Black and white photo negative of the Brant-Appel baseball team, the 1977 Champions of the Civic Forum Ohio Valley Baseball Tournament in 1977 held at Branch Rickey Park.
Black and white photo negative of the Shepherd Feed baseball team, the 1977 Champions of the Civic Forum Ohio Valley Baseball Tournament. It was held at Branch Rickey Park.
Black and white photo negative of the 1976 Miss River Days winner and runner-up on a float during the 1977 Portsmouth River Days Parade. Miss River Days 1976 winner was Lu Ann Conkel. Miss River Days 1976 runner-up was Cindy McGraw.
