Name/Title
Schloss & Co., 414 Chillicothe Street, Portsmouth, OhioDescription
Three men and a woman stand outside Schloss & Co., a books, stationery, novelties, and wallpaper store at 414 Chillicothe Street in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Period newspapers and city directories strongly support the identification, placing Schloss & Co. at this address from at least the 1890s into the 1910s. A 1908 directory listed the business as selling “Books, Stationery, Wall Paper and Window Shades.”
The store carried an eclectic assortment of merchandise. An 1886 advertisement announced “picture easels, picture frames, books, stationery and bric-a-brac, one-cent toys and material for making paper flowers.” Later ads also mentioned dolls, hammocks, wallpaper, holiday goods, and “lunch baskets,” some of which may be visible hanging beneath the sign.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1905 - circa 1915Time Period
1910sPlace
City
PortsmouthState/Province
OhioCreate Date
August 15, 2026