Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Poets and what they've written about Portsmouth. Billy Fitzgerald (The Jester) Wrote "My Scioto Valley Home"
Lew Lowry wrote" On the Beautiful Old Ohio" and "Things Am Comin' My Way"
W. B. Tomlinson wrote the Welcome Poem on the occasion of meeting in Portsmouth of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association in 1907
Card for L. Janney on Market Street
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: pictured is Billy Fitzgerald, the Jester, Author of "My Scioto Valley Home" and a typed portion of the poem below . Image of Fitzgerald cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Scanned page 14 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing typed text: Billy Fitzgerald "My Scioto Valley Home"; Lee Lowry, "On the Beautiful Old Ohio" and "Things Am Comin' My Way"; and H. B. Tomlisson wrote "The Welcome Poem". Black & white photographs of John Flowers and J. I. Truthart. Sepia image of an unidentified man. Red paper with Chinese characters printed in black.
Black and white photo image of Billy Sunday. William Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was an American athlete who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Black & white photo of passengers in cars and crowds in foreground. The roof of the Norfolk & Western Depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets shows at the left. On February 13, 1911 the Portsmouth Daily Times reported 3000 people gathered at the Depot to see Billy Sunday leave on the Cincinnati N & W flyer.
Black and white scanned photo postcard of the Billy Sunday Tabernacle. The tabernacle was located at the corner of Gallia and Lincoln Streets and extended south to Seventh (7th) Street.
Sepia tone photo image of tabernacle building, utility poles, horse and wagon, ice cream stand across street. The tabernacle was located at the corner of Gallia and Lincoln Streets and extended south to Seventh (7th) Street. It was built in five days by local volunteers and was opened to the public on December 29, 1910. The Billy Sunday campaign in Portsmouth lasted 6 weeks.
