Another remarkable piece of ephemera in my collection is a folded document detailing the discharge of Joseph Gregory, also known as Josephus A. Gregory, a private in Captain James Cadot’s Company F, First Regiment of the Ohio Heavy Artillery. Enrolled on August 22, 1862, to serve for three years or until the war’s end, Gregory …
One of the more intriguing pieces of ephemera in my collection is a yellow receipt, numbered 9310, issued from Greenlawn Cemetery on October 15, 1942. Signed by cemetery superintendent Arthur Mucha, the receipt was given to Reverend Emory Bracken Frye, a minister from the Stoney Run area of West Portsmouth. It records the purchase of …
The four-paged paper program (Number 65. Friday, February 27, 1903) for Portsmouth, Ohio’s Grand Opera House for the 1902-1903 season. The first page includes advertisements for local businesses such as John Vetter, a tailor, and Haas, Schwartz & Co., a retailer of suits, overcoats, and trousers, and jeweler CH Harris. The program also mentions a …
In February 2023, during a digitization project in Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio, a postcard postmarked November 12, 1926 surfaced. Addressed by George Piersol Bennett, the township clerk of 22 years, it affirmed the birth of Harold Emerson Allen to Clarence Allen and Jennie Hosier on August 22, 1926. Signed by Clarence Allen, the postcard …
In the bustling streets of southern Ohio, a tale of entrepreneurial spirit unfolds, woven through the decades by the hands of visionaries Joseph Lehman and Henry Richman. It all began in 1856 when they opened a modest clothing factory on the corner of Front & Market, laying the groundwork for what would become a retail …
Today’s piece of ephemera is a program dated Thursday night, January 3, 1901, for the Young Ladies’ Court of Allen Chapel in Portsmouth, Ohio. It featured a recitation by Florence Farley, a solo by Mr. Clifford Peters, an instrumental solo by Miss Oddie Black, another recitation by Miss Bertha Warren and Miss Daisy Farley, a …
“An aquatic bird not common to this section of the country was killed recently by a hunter in the neighborhood of Shyville. Not knowing what kind of bird it was, the hunter brought it to Piketon thinking that perhaps he could learn the name of the bird, from local hunters.” “The top of the bird’s …
Today’s piece of ephemera is a certificate to Scout Howard Ramey who served with honor on the Boy Scout A, B, C, Traffic Safety Police at High School in Portsmouth, Ohio. This certificate was signed by the President of the Exchange Club, Dr. Charles Lee Ferguson, Chairman of the Club A, B, C, Committee, Thomas …
This letterhead of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen dated December 30th, 1914, originated from Financial Secretary EC Gleason of Lodge #591 in Portsmouth, Ohio, and was received by lodge member Mr. William F. Miller of the Turley Building of the same city. It reads as follows: “Dear Sir and Brother, I can not …
This mid-20th-century placemat from “Huck” Foehr’s Turkey Shoppe serves as both advertising for Southern Ohio’s finest restaurant and a cultural snapshot of Portsmouth’s business district. With a directory of local businesses and a stylized map, the piece captures the spirit of an era and tells a community’s story.