Name/Title
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteEntry/Object ID
2021.1279.12.49Description
7 B/W photos of First National Bank building (southwest corner of 4th Street and Buffalo Street) during original construction, c. 1923.
a) Standing in basement, looking up at the foundation walls
b) Standing at street level, looking west across construction of first floor. Brick and steel structure are visible. There are 2 men standing in a gap in center of photo.
c) View of construction from the northeast. The walls of the first story are mostly finished. The framing-in for what is likely the bank vault is visible. There are numerous piles of bricks stacked around the site. A few men are visible working on the steel girders preparing to build the second story.
d) View of finished exterior from the northeast. Windows are installed but the lobby entrance door is still wood and there is a wood ramp instead of finished steps. There is still construction debris all around the site.
e) View of fully finished building from approximately same angle as (d). Lobby entrance door is installed, sidewalks are installed and streets around site are clean. Upstairs window has sign "Brimmer & Brimmer Law Offices", and on north side of building is a sign "Postal Telegraph". Photo by Meyers (embossed in bottom right corner).
f-g) 2 photos of vault door to safety deposit box room. (f) is of closed vault door, piston wheel reads "Mosler Safe Co, Hamilton, Ohio". Photo by Meyers (embossed in bottom right corner). (g) is of open vault door from further away, with safety deposit boxes visible through cage.Collection
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