Black & white photo image of the Baltimore & Ohio passenger station(right) and freight station(left). View is looking south along Market Street at Fifth (5th) Street.
Black & white photo of the Norfolk & Western Railway Depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets in the 1913 flood. It was built for another railroad and acquired the N & W in 1901 and used until 1931, when the new terminal was constructed at Findlay and Sixteenth (16th) Streets. This location was used for storage until it was razed in 1968.
Colorized photo image of the N & W Depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets. It was used from 1901 until the new terminal was built on Sixteenth (16th) and Findlay Streets in 1931. This location was used for storage until it was razed in 1968.
Black & white photo image of the Norfolk & Western Depot at Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets. It was used from 1901 until the new terminal was constructed at Sixteenth (16th) and Findlay in 1931. This location was used for storage until it was razed in 1968.
Black & white photo image of the Norfolk & Western Railway Depot at the northwest corner of Tenth (10th) and Waller Streets in the 1913 flood. N & W used this depot from 1901 to 1931 when the new terminal was built. It was used for storage until it was razed in 1968.
Sepia tone photo image of the Security Bank building built in 1917 at 825 Gallia Street. In 1918 the bank moved from 828 Gallia Street across the street to this new building. It became Security Central Bank in 1930 following a merger. In 1976 the bank moved to the previous Montgomery Ward building on the Esplanade. The Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center opened in this building in 1979.
Color photo image of the interior of the Security Central Bank at 825 Gallia Street. After the bank moved into the vacant Montgomery Ward Department store in 1976, this space became the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center.
Colored photo image of the (Good) Fellowship Club building at 825 Sixth (6th) Street. Employees of the Whitaker-Glessner Steel Company in New Boston formed this club for social and educational purposes according to a Portsmouth Daily Times article on page four, Wednesday, December 20, 1916. The building was for sale in the Times in 1921. Attached to the back of this card is a black & white photograph of Capt. Coleman Gilliland (1837-1908) in a military uniform. He was a second lieutenant in the 56th O.V.I. and later worked in several positions in the local shoe industry.
Black & white photo the flooded Gallia Street Esplanade in 1937 showing the front door of the Security Central Bank building and the side of the Royal Savings and Loan.
Cream colored card with instructions to continue the process of joining the Tribe of Ben-Hur by going for a required medical examination. The fraternal insurance organization of Ben-Hur was incorporated in Indiana in 1894 with the consent of General Lew Wallace. The group sold life insurance in 30 states in 1920. The Tribe of Ben-Hur first organized in Portsmouth in 1900.
