Description: This photograph shows the Union Building and Savings Co., located at 22 West Gay St., Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1940. Two ionic columns frame the bank's arched entrance. The building is constructed of light-colored stone. A sign at the top of the middle window, third floor, reads: "Law." The other windows have signs with the names of individuals and businesses; presumably these are law firms and lawyers. Some of the names include: Horace S. Kerr; Raymond Roberts; Paul C. Hicks; [illegible initials] Friedman; Pugh & Pugh; Chapin B. Beem; and W.S. Marshall. The scene includes two streetlights and parked automobiles. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05842
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Banks and banking; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a view of Union Building and Savings, located at 22 West Gay St., Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1940. Two ionic columns frame the building's arched entrance. The building appears to be constructed of light-colored stone. Two men are visible in the photograph: one is standing behind the front door, and the other is leaning casually against the exterior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05843
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Banks and banking; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a reproduction of a photograph that appeared on the cover of "Bankers Monthly" magazine (July 1951 issue). The photograph shows three cars in line at the drive-in windows of the Olentangy branch of the National City Bank, Columbus, Ohio, 1951. The bank has two drive-in windows; tellers are visible in both stations. A caption under the image reads: "'Services...are very nearly complete as those which may be had at our indoor windows." Beneath that caption is the likely title of a feature article: "Auto Banking Comes to Columbus." The City National Bank & Trust Co. opened the drive-in windows at its Olentangy branch on June 5, 1950. At the time it was the only bank in the country that offered complete banking services at drive-up windows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06943
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Magazine covers; Banks and banking--Ohio; Automobiles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is an exterior view of the Olentangy branch of the City National Bank & Trust Co., Columbus, Ohio. The photograph shows the bank's attached drive-in windows. The view includes the bank's freestanding sign and clock as well as several vehicles, including a Volkswagen Beetle and a Chevy with fins. The City National Bank & Trust Co. opened the drive-up windows at its Olentangy branch on June 5, 1950. At the time it was the only bank in the country that offered completed banking service at drive-up bank windows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06944
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Banks and banking--Ohio; Automobiles
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Jay Cooke (1821-1905) was the son of Congressman Eleutheros Cooke. Cooke entered the E.W. Clarke banking house at the age of eighteen. He formed the Jay Cooke and Company banking house in Philadelphia soon after the Civil War began in 1861 and began working to raise money for the war effort. Cooke developed a system in which bonds could be redeemed in between five and 20 years and investors could buy bonds in low denominations or through installment plans. By the end of the war in 1865, Cooke had made it possible for three million people to buy in excess of a billion dollars in bonds. Cooke's strategies were used in subsequent wars as well. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04229
Subjects: Sandusky (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Finance; Banks and banking
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows automobiles parked on the street in front of the First National Bank in Zanesville, Ohio, ca. 1920-1935. Large banners on the building announce "Sells Floto Circus," in town on May 13th, with "Tom Mix (in person) and his Wonder Horse 'Tony.'" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03344
Subjects: Banks and banking; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; City and town life; Automobiles
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows the beginning of the construction of the Citizen's Bank on Brauns' Block in downtown Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Building supplies lie on the street to the left of the newly-laid foundation. A bicycle sits in front of the site and boards on barrels separate the construction from the sidewalk. Men in suits look on over the workers, who appear to be primarily African American. The First Citizens National Bank still stands on the northwest corner of Sandusky and Wyandot Ave. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B01F01_08
Subjects: Banks and banking--Ohio; City and town life; Laborers;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: People's Federal Savings & Loan, designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1917-1918. It is located in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00451
Subjects: Banks and banking; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: Page one of the book "Twenty East Broad as History Reflects It," published by City National Bank of Columbus, Ohio. This short text tells the history of the building located at 20 E. Broad Street in downtown Columbus, near the intersection of Broad and High Streets. This page includes an illustration looking east on Broad Street from the intersection. Known as the Hayden-Clinton Bank Building, the structure was built in 1869 by industrialist Peter Hayden. Nathan B. Kelley designed the bank building, an example of High Victorian Italianate style. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06942
Subjects: Books and reading; Banks and banking--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection showing downtown Columbus, Ohio, and the Dollar Federal Savings & Loan, located at the corner of Gay and High Streets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B16F06_01_01
Subjects: Banks and banking; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Downtowns; Pedestrians
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows the Citizens Bank building located on Braun's block in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A telephone pole and fire hydrant stand on the corner of the two brick streets. A sign for Vogel and Stutz Shoes, whose storefront shares the building with the bank, sits on the sidewalk. The First Citizens National Bank still stands on the north west corner of Sandusky and Wyandot Ave. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B05F05_42
Subjects: Banks and banking--Ohio; Streets--Ohio; City and town life;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: A street scene dominated by the 15-story Buckeye Building and Loan headquarters at 36 Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeye Building with its six pillars and vertical sign is the tallest structure in the image. Parked cars line both sides of Gay St., and pedestrians are strolling along the sidewalk. Other identifiable business include Nitschke Bros. (paper store) and the Employes Club [sic]. Constructed in 1926, the Buckeye Building was the main banking headquarters of the Buckeye State Building and Loan Company, the largest savings and loan financial institution in Columbus for many years. The building, which featured a grand banking hall on the ground floor, is an outstanding example of the Classical Revival style. It also is a major work by the New York City architectural firm of Hopkins & Dentz. In 2005, Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company, a North Carolina firm, purchased the building, which had stood vacant for more than a decade. After a $24 million renovation, the building became the Downtown Residence Inn, a Marriott hotel designed for business travelers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06068
Subjects: Buckeye Federal Savings and Loan Association; Banks and banking; Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Architecture; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)