Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured are two colored postcards: Peerless Skating Rink located in Massie Block and a West Side Scene. Bottom of page shows a sepia tone image of the Landing at Portsmouth.
Blue tinted photo image of the Massey block building at the southwest corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets built in 1850. It was razed in 1936 for a gasoline station to be built on the site. The Portsmouth Times January 19, 1936 referring to the Massie Block: "The third floor was devoted to boxing shows in later years and the late Si Straus and Sid Cockerell conducted a skating rink on the third floor when skating was all the craze."
The Peebles Paving Brick Company's office was located at 317-320 Masonic Temple. The plant, started in 1902, was in New Boston at Gallia and Norfolk Streets.
