Colorized photo image of the bank building at the south corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. This is the first half completed in 1912. In about 1924 an identical addition was added on the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Colorized photo image of the old stone Post Office at the corner of Chillicothe and Gallia. The darker brick at the right is the Gallia Street side of the National Bank. The stone Post Office building was completed in 1891, expanded in 1914, closed in 1936, and razed in 1956 for the construction of a five story Montgomery-Ward Department Store.
Original currency of the First National Bank of Portsmouth; national currency; five dollar denomination; slight wear and fading; beige in color, dated February 5, 1903. The 1904 Portsmouth City Directory lists The First National Bank at 127 Market Street, officers: J.W. Bannon, Pres., A.M. Damarin, Vice-Pres., and Simon Labold, Cashier. The bank was organized in 1863, serial charter number 68.
Silver metal, with markings and rust in some places, coin bank with handle. Has a slot for coins to go in. On front" "First National Bank, "The Bank for Working People", Portsmouth, Ohio."
Black and white image of the bank building at the south east corner of Gallia and Chillicothe Streets. This is the first half completed in 1912. In about 1924 an identical addition was added on the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Sepia tone photo image of the First National Bank building and the Lyric Theater on flooded Chillicothe Street. This may be the 1913 flood because this half of the bank was completed in 1912 and the Lyric Theater was razed about 1923.
Black & white photo image looking from flooded Fifth Street toward the First National Bank Building (before addition) and the Lyric Theater on Chillicothe Street. Taken during the 1913 flood.
Black and white photo image of First National Bank Building on corner Chillicothe and Gallia Street. The first half completed in 1912. In about 1924 an identical addition was added to the south side where the Lyric Theater had stood.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured: First National Bank (Turley Building); Dr. A. L. Norton; D. L. Jones; Enoch J. Salt and Firemen; Billy Fitzgerald, the jester author of "My Scioto Valley Home"; First auto owned in Scioto County, May 1902. A Lane Steam 2 cylinder car, speed 15 miles per hour. With the car: George Appel, R. S. Prichard, and Frank Kendall