View of Esplanade and Security Central Bank, Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Ohio, c. 1965.

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View of Esplanade and Security Central Bank, Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Ohio, c. 1965.

Photo courtesy the Carl Ackerman Collection (1996.2.957), Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio.

This file appears in: Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center

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