Description: Reverse reads: "PORTSMOUTH - Sciotoville School, constructed by WPA." This is a photo of Sciotoville School in Portsmouth, Ohio. The building, which was constructed by the WPA in 1936-37, is still used today. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_002_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Art deco; School building--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Sciotoville (Portsmouth, Ohio); Students; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved print showing the city of Portsmouth from the Kentucky shore, from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1847. Along the river are two steamboats called the Scioto and the Ashland, and the U.S. Hotel can be seen on the Portsmouth shore. Portsmouth is the county seat of Scioto County, and was formally laid out by Henry Massie in 1803. Located at the intersection of the Ohio River and the Scioto River, Portsmouth grew quickly due to the traffic on the rivers. The town continued to prosper with the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal during the 1820s and the 1830s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04029
Subjects: Portsmouth (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Ohio River
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads:" PORTSMOUTH - Home Economies room at Sciotoville School. (Used in The Ohio Guide) Ident. - B-11 to Illinois; National Picture Book; 1/9/41; Location- Portsmouth, Ohio; Credit - Information Unit WPA in Ohio; Caption - Home Economics Class, Sciotoville School. This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project, 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." This is a photograph of girls learning how to sew dresses in a home economics class at Sciotoville High School in Portsmouth, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_011_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Home economics; Sewing; Sewing machines; Classrooms; Girls--Study and teaching; Sciotoville (Portsmouth, Ohio); Students; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "The Hurth Hotel - First Class, South East corner - 3rd Street and Chillicothe." Built in 1923, The Hurth Hotel was named for and owned by Adolph Hurth. Architect C.C. Taylor created the hotel in a Renaissance Revival style out of brick, metal, stone, and wood. Later, the hotel would be converted into an apartment building called Rivertown Apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_012_1
Subjects: Portsmouth (Ohio)--History; Historical hotels; Hotels--1920-1930
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "PORTSMOUTH - Domestic Science Class of Sciotoville School, one of the basement rooms modernized by the W.P.A." This is a photograph of several students in a science class at Sciotoville School in Portsmouth, Ohio. Sciotoville School was built by the WPA in 1937-38. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_004_001
Subjects: Classrooms; Domestic science; Sciotoville (Portsmouth, Ohio); Schools--Ohio; Students; Teachers; Science--Study and teaching; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Masonic Temple located on Chillicothe Street. The fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, a secret society, was established in Great Britain in the 18th century and spread throughout the world. A social and service organization, members believe in a supreme being, although one religion is not promoted over another. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F10_001_1
Subjects: Portsmouth (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Exhibitions; Order of the Temple (Masonic society); Scioto County (Ohio)--History
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)