Carl Ackerman with camera strapped over his shoulder, standing on the Esplanade, at the intersection of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets, Portsmouth, Ohio, c. 1980.

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Carl Ackerman with camera strapped over his shoulder, standing on the Esplanade, at the intersection of Chillicothe and Gallia Streets, Portsmouth, Ohio, c. 1980.

Image courtesy of the Lawrence Cook Scrapbook Collection, Digital History Lab, Clark Memorial Library, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio.

This file appears in: Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center

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