Category: Library Talk

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Just received this postcard as a gift to the collection. Exceptionally clear, and another one that was for J. O.…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Thought a pretty picture of some of Ripley’s lovely historical homes would be fun to see. If you don’t recognize…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director As the news and the pictures are coming in from the devastating flooding from hurricane Helene, our heartfelt sympathies go…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Tis fair week, and we thought we’d look at some of the results from 1853. Some things don’t change much—back…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director While not Ohio River flood season, we thought these from a newly discovered cache of flood pictures were worth sharing.…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director People picture! There are only seven names on the back, and probably taken in 1946. Of the senior class, Viriginia…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Last week we shared some of the 50-year-old stationary from the Ripley Bee. In the same box, there were envelopes…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Treasures of all sorts appear at the library. The Aberdeen Library received a few boxes of papers and we finally…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Remember the tractors pulling the shuttles for the Ohio Tobacco Festival? Late into the night you saw and heard them…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Last, for now, picture of the Proctor K. Smiley. Rather than the entire photo, we clipped the part that best…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Last week we posted a pretty good-looking postcard of the Proctor K. Smiley. Browsing on the web, we found this…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Oh no! Another Ohio River postcard. The Proctor K. Smiley is ready for boarding. The landing in South Ripley is…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director As our readers know, we are always on the lookout for more historical material for the area. Always hoping for…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director As we drive through Brown County, we see a few tobacco fields, although not nearly as many as in years…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director While we have many postcards that have the Rankin House pictured, and we use them to show the changes in…