Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: T. M. Patterson and P. H. Zoellner. Both images cut from Pictorial Portsmouth. Patterson owned the T. M. Patterson Book Bindery, started in 1866. P. H. Zoellner owned a jewelry store on Second (2nd) Street
Bigelow Chapel Dinner Ticket for April 11, 1867, Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Letter, American Legion Door Hanger
Colorized photo image of scanned scrapbook page: pictured are two color images of the High School in Portsmouth and the Sixth (6th) Street School building. In 1868, the former Sixth (6th) Street residence of Judge William Salter was remodeled and named the Sixth Street School.
Black and white photo image of scanned scrapbook page: pictured are Albert Graf and Honorable Anselm T. Holcomb, both prominent Portsmouth citizens involved in many local positions. Images cut from Pictorial Portsmouth book.
Also shown is a black and white Bird's Eye View of the city, in a foldable card.
Colorized photo image of scanned scrapbook page 10. Color postcard depicting the Ye Olde Mill, Portsmouth, O. or Dixon Mill located on the West Side. Typed paragraph tells of the waters of the Ohio Canal flowing through the mill as well as Pop Corn Point to the south, a fun summer place near the waterway.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: Residence of John G. Peebles shown. The Peebles residence was located on East Second (2nd) Street. Also pictured is the house of L. H. Murphy and a picture of Francis Campbell, notable Portsmouth citizen.
All images cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a color images of a cabin with a matching paper beneath describing the scene: "There is No Place Like Portsmouth, O." A poem about a person's home.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Shown is a black and white photo of H. A. Lorberg, local historian and compiler of this scrapbook and an unknown home in Wheelersburg, that is tinted red.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: "Father" McDowell, George M. Appel- a gentleman and a Christian, and Amanda Pursell. Mrs. Pursell organized the first Ladies Aid Society at the outbreak of the Civil War. They held the first Memorial Service in Greenlawn in 1862. Also organized the Monumental Society to erect the Soldiers Monument in Tracy Park. Because she was a widow, and had no son, she hired an agent to go to war to fight for the cause, but she never wanted to know what became of the soldier.
All images cut from Pictorial Portsmouth.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: Milford Keyes
The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Red Flower
Row of Christmas Themed Stamps from 1926
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: Dedication to Lorberg's father, August Lorberg with picture. Guest Ticket for Henry A. Lorberg for a Complimentary Dinner to commemorate the opening of the Grant Bridge on September 22, 1927 at the First Christian Church.
The bridge was opened in August of 1927 and was the first bridge to make it all the way across the Ohio River to reach Kentucky from Portsmouth, Ohio, thus connecting the two states. Though the bridge was only opened to walking traffic at first, it did allow cars to pass over it in September of 1927. The new U. S. Grant Bridge would replace this one in 2006.
