This black-and-white aerial photograph captures Wheelersburg, Ohio, from above. The image shows the familiar grid of streets, farmland on the outskirts, and the Ohio River running along the bottom edge. The highway cuts cleanly through the scene, marking a line between the town and the river valley. It’s a striking Continue Reading
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1959 Glenwood High School Class Play
A picture purchased from an antique store in Portsmouth, Ohio, that was determined to be the graduating class of 1959’s class play at Glenwood High School in New Boston, Ohio. Only seven names were written on the back and not in an order that would identify the particular person, aside Continue Reading
A Face to Keep the Mice Away
On the reverse: “If you have any rats in your garret and want to get rid of them now is your chance.”
Ephemera Friday #23: A 1918 Letter from the Portsmouth Golf Club
This 1918 letter, written by Charles M. Mitchell of The Portsmouth Golf Club, was addressed to Mr. Philo Clark of Portsmouth, Ohio. It provides a unique window into the challenges faced by social clubs during wartime. In the letter, the club acknowledges Clark’s lack of participation that season and his Continue Reading
Ephemera Friday #22: Glimpses of Life in a Southeastern Ohio Railroad Town
In this faded photograph, purchased from a vendor at Southbound Flea Market in Pike County, Ohio, we see a small gathering of young women outside a modest wooden building in a southeastern Ohio town, likely during the early 20th century. The three young women stand in the foreground, dressed in Continue Reading
Ephemera Friday #21: Photograph from Raven Rock Airport
For this week’s Ephemera Friday, we’re featuring a historic photo from Raven Rock Airport, taken on October 4, 1945. This small airstrip was located at what is now the site of Washington-Nile Schools in West Portsmouth, Ohio. In this image, a biplane sits on the field, with the hills of Continue Reading
1995: Downtown Portsmouth Ohio
Today’s gallery of images from the past comes as donation from life-long Portsmouth resident Mary Martha Questel, who captured these photographs in and around the Chillicothe Street area of Portsmouth in 1995.
New Boston, Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution
This undated group photograph taken by Homer. W Adkins, manager of Hoke’s Studio located at 1200 Lakeview Avenue in New Boston, Ohio, states on the reverse side that it is a group photograph of New Boston’s Daughters of the American Revolution. The hints as to who these people are: “Row Continue Reading
A Mid-Century Photograph from New Boston’s American Restaurant
The other day I purchased this 8×10″ black and white photograph from a local antique store, mostly because it had some names on the back and because the restaurant, the American Restaurant, is a place I had been too myself. This mid-century photograph was taken by Hoke’s Studio, Homer W. Continue Reading
