View of Security Savings Bank, Gallia Street, Portsmouth Ohio, c. 1910.

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View of Security Savings Bank, Gallia Street, Portsmouth Ohio, c. 1910.

Photo courtesy the Carl Ackerman Collection (1996.2.1250), Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio.

This file appears in: Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center

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