Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is The Haas Clothing Company; Al Holman; Captain Charles Best; Chan Singer and Ed Gibbs; Portsmouth High School Commencement Program for the class of 1880 to be held at the Wilhelm Opera House
Colorized photo image of the steamer H.K.Bedford. She was built in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1878. From the Portsmouth Times on February 28, 1912: "Waverly, W.Va.,The steamer H.K.Bedford, which left Parkersburg last night for Pittsburgh, was cut down by the ice near here this morning. There was considerable livestock aboard and these were all drowned. All of the freight on the boat was also lost but all of the crew and passengers escaped. The boat belonged to the Pittsburgh and Parkersburg Packet Co. and was valued at $15,000."
Aged, ripped and torn, tool belt from The H. Leet Lumber Company. Tool belt has markings all over. Black print on front: "The H. Leet Lumber Company, 9th & Washington Streets, Portsmouth, Ohio." The company store was located at 913 Washington Street. It was founded in 1856 by Horace Leet.
Colorized image of the Grimes Hotel, 902 Second (2nd) Street, "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily Times of July 27, 1907. Built by H S Grimes at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee)
Colorized photo image of The Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. Built by H S Grimes in 1907 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had forty-three rooms. It was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily times of July 27, 1907.
In 1912 the Y.W.C.A. rented it for their home. It was the Grimes Apartments from about 1922 to 1966 when it was razed for the expansion of Ohio University Portsmouth Branch (now Shawnee U)
Tinted image of the Greyhound steamboat on the river. The Greyhound was built in 1901 at Ironton. She was considered quite fast as she ran the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade. She was lost in ice December 31, 1917 when she was used as a wharfboat at Ironton.
Colorized image of the steamboat the Greyhound docking at the wharf on the Ohio River at Portsmouth. The Greyhound was built in Ironton in 1901. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was considered quite fast. Used as a wharfboat in Ironton, she was lost in ice December 31, 1917.
Black and white photo image of the steamboat called the Greenwood. 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 1925 when she collided with the Chris Greene and sank.
