Metal shoe button hook engraved, "Bihl Brothers, Phone Sciotoville 993, Wheelersburg, Ohio." "Central Shoes" on reverse side. In 1930, Bihl Bros. placed small ads for candy, meats, poultry, etc. in the Portsmouth Times. The 1930 census lists truck farmers named Bihl residing in Porter Township.
Black and white photo image of Bill Grizzell. Written on back; Sciotoville/PEHS Class of 1942. U.S. Army, Fall 1942, 23 years old. Indications on back show that item was glued in a scrapbook.
Sepia tone photo image of the motor tune-up department. Inset circular photo of "Bill".
On back shows advertisement and location- 1511 Gallia Street. Business was at this location 1935-1941.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a list of writers and things they wrote about Portsmouth and Scioto County: Billy Fitzgerald (The Jester) "My Scioto Valley Home;" Lew Lowry "On the Beautiful Old Ohio" and "Things Am Comin' My Way; W. B. Tomlinson "Welcome Poem, on the Occasion of Meeting in Portsmouth of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association (1907). Also pictured: Ben Woods; Prof. Gittings; John Yoakley; George Thornton; The Morton Club House
