Colorized image of Innes Band in Millbrook Park, playing in front of the Casino. This building was actually a theater located just inside the park gates at 4200 Rhodes Avenue. It was built in 1905 with a seating capacity of five hundred. The Casino was the prime social gathering place in New Boston in the early 1900's. Plays, films, and concerts were shown all year for entertainment. Innes' Band was a local group that performed at many county establishments, including the Casino at Millbrook Park in the summer time.
Black and white photo image of the inside of the residence of Lafayette Taylor.
Here is a view of the fireplace and mantel. Art Stone selected to obtain the uniform striped effect.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page: typed page about events involving trying to get electric lighting on the streets in Portsmouth and local concerts and where the were often held.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page separated into two sections. The first section talks about the process of installing electric light in the 1880's. The second part talks about the Portsmouth Maenerchor or Men's Chorus.
Copy of the Instrument of Surrender of Japan dated Sept. 2, 1945, signed by Chester W. Nimitz and Douglas MacArthur on the USS Missouri ship. Included in the Freedom Shrine display in the old Portsmouth High School.
Scanned unnumbered page from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing black & white image of the Inter State T. & S. Co buggy and a printed copy of "Kiss Me, Kiss Me Again."
