Colorized greeting card for Portsmouth, Written on the card is "State Capital: Columbus and State Flower: Carnation. With an image of a faded carnation as well as the Ohio Statehouse building located in Columbus. Also, within the word Ohio are various scenes of structures throughout Ohio in general like bridges, sky scrapers, and a baseball field.
Gold colored metal medallion showing a horse and rider on one side and a native American good luck symbol on the reverse. Forrest and A. Grave Williams, brothers, started the Excelsior Manufacturing Company at Pig Iron Corner in Portsmouth, Ohio around the turn of the century. Excelsior became the manufacturer of "The Original 'Boy Scout' Shoe for Boys". The medallions — considered the first United States Scout medallions — were issued between July 1910, and January 1914. The original group of medallions are dated July 1910, while subsequent issues omit all reference to date.
Colorized image of the Turley Building located at the corner of 2nd (Second) and Chillicothe Streets. The Turley Building was built in 1905 by Lelsie Turley. In 1906 the First National Bank and several other businesses were located there. It held the Checker Store from 1952 through 1973. It was razed in 1992 for the expansion of Shawnee State University.
