Discolored brown, wooden box with Portsmouth Brewing & Ice Co. (company), Portsmouth imprinted/carved into wood. Rusted metal strips at the corners. Wood swollen in some areas.
Julius Esselborn purchased the brewery in 1889. His son, (Paul) Julius Esselborn was the head of Portsmouth Brewing & Ice Co. from 1899 to 1920, succeeding his father at his death (1900) as the brewery’s president
Sepia tone photo image of a man in a delivery truck (No. 11) in front of Malt & Bottling on 2nd Street. Photo matted. An article about the Portsmouth Brewing and Ice Company from the Portsmouth Times, dated March 31, 1894, talks about "the malt house, bottling rooms, and stables on the opposite side of Second (2nd) Street, occupy a lot of 50 x 110 feet."
Amber glass bottle embossed: "Portsmouth Br'g & Ice Co. Portsmouth, O. Registered" on front. "D.O.C.36" on lower back side. The 1899 Portsmouth City Directory listing: Portsmouth Brewing & Ice Co., president & treasurer J. Esselborn, secretary Oscar Knorr, brewers lager beer and ice manufacturer. 258, 260, 262, & 264 West Second (2nd) Street. In 1914 Mr. Esselborn was still president & treasurer, George Zeisler was secretary at 224-230 Second (2nd), phone # 94.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured us a newspaper article from the Portsmouth Blade giving details about the 1913 Flood on March 30, 1913.
Photo image of page scanned from scrapbook: Portsmouth Blade Building on Sixth (6th) Street and a program for a concert by the Czerwinski Trio on March 3, 1905
