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 Clarkâs lack of participation that season and his Continue Reading
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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
Following the Drink Gourd Home
A View of Portsmouth’s Second Street Bridge
Stone Pipe Inn: Then and Now
An image from from the Homer Selby Collection of the location of the former Stone Pipe Inn, on US Highway 23 north of Portsmouth, Ohio, and screenshot from Google Earth to illustrate the location’s change over time.
Merry Christmas from Marjorie
A timely photograph found at a local antique shop reaches beyond the frame to wish us a merry Christmas.