Sepia tone photo image of the George Appel Home at 1223 Gallia Street. In 1909 the Appel family moved into this new house. After 1947 it was converted into apartments and razed in the early 1990's for the construction of the new Portsmouth High School.
Colorized photo image of the Scott Knitting Company on Gallia Street. Portsmouth City Directories from 1908 thru 1913 list three addresses: corner Gallia & Findlay, 101 Gallia, and 1021 Gallia. James C Scott was President, Simon Labold Vice President, H.W. Heer Treasurer.
Tinted photo image of Blake Block in the east end at the corner of flooded Gallia and Lawson Streets. Boats are shown at the front of Flood & Blake Drugs and Sundries at 2109-2111 Gallia, John W. Flood Proprietor. About 1900 a well-known butcher named Thomas B. Blake purchased the property and developed five store rooms in the block facing Gallia Street at the corner of Lawson.
Black & white photo image of the Baltimore & Ohio passenger station(right) and freight station(left). View is looking south along Market Street at Fifth (5th) Street.
Black & white photo of the Norfolk & Western Railway Depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets in the 1913 flood. It was built for another railroad and acquired the N & W in 1901 and used until 1931, when the new terminal was constructed at Findlay and Sixteenth (16th) Streets. This location was used for storage until it was razed in 1968.
Colorized photo image of the N & W Depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets. It was used from 1901 until the new terminal was built on Sixteenth (16th) and Findlay Streets in 1931. This location was used for storage until it was razed in 1968.
Colored photo image of the (Good) Fellowship Club building at 825 Sixth (6th) Street. Employees of the Whitaker-Glessner Steel Company in New Boston formed this club for social and educational purposes according to a Portsmouth Daily Times article on page four, Wednesday, December 20, 1916. The building was for sale in the Times in 1921. Attached to the back of this card is a black & white photograph of Capt. Coleman Gilliland (1837-1908) in a military uniform. He was a second lieutenant in the 56th O.V.I. and later worked in several positions in the local shoe industry.
Black & white photo the flooded Gallia Street Esplanade in 1937 showing the front door of the Security Central Bank building and the side of the Royal Savings and Loan.
Cream colored card with instructions to continue the process of joining the Tribe of Ben-Hur by going for a required medical examination. The fraternal insurance organization of Ben-Hur was incorporated in Indiana in 1894 with the consent of General Lew Wallace. The group sold life insurance in 30 states in 1920. The Tribe of Ben-Hur first organized in Portsmouth in 1900.
Black & white photo image looking from flooded Fifth Street toward the First National Bank Building (before addition) and the Lyric Theater on Chillicothe Street. Taken during the 1913 flood.
