Category: Library Talk

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We thought this was a sweet and summery picture. The note attached to it states ” ‘The Dairy Bar’ This…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Generally we think of high water more as an early ‘spring thing’, but as this photo shows, the river can…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Summer is here in full force. One of the best places to sit and watch the river on these sultry…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We thought a postcard of an early house on Front Street would be appropriate this week, as we expect lots…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Since graduation parties are still going on, we thought we’d share this picture of the Russellville Public School. No date,…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We like these postcards of Higginsport. Both done by Kramer Art Co., the lower one postmarked 1916. Upper one might…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Happy graduations and Memorial Day. Last year we posted our postcards of the Soldier’s Monument (still in the Facebook photo…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We love this 1846 woodcut of Ripley. It comes from Henry Howe’s Historical Collections of Ohio. (we have the 1891…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Thought we’d go 150 years into the past and see what was going on in Ripley on May 6, 1874.…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We thought this postcard was on the fun side since water has been a relevant topic lately. We’re guessing it…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director This week’s interesting person, place or thing is Jackson Whipps Showalter, who may, or may not have much of a…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Last year, Rosa Washington Riles was inducted into the Brown County Historical Hall of Fame. Born in 1901 in nearby…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director With the recent rising (and now falling) Ohio River, we thought a flood picture would be appropriate. While there is…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Since the topic of the day seems to be boat docks and landings, we thought this 1911 postcard would be…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Here’s another not so terribly old postcard. Not postmarked, but ours has handwritten date of 1983 on the back. When…