Historic Business
Market Street National Bank
Market Street National Bank’s 1964 anniversary advertisement placed it at 12 South Market Street and described 64 years at that location.
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Market Street National Bank, 1939
This 1939 institutional advertisement offers the compliments of the Market Street National Bank without printing a street address.
A South Market Street Bank
The bank’s centennial advertisement identifies Market Street National Bank in Shamokin, and the building image carries the address 12 South Market Street.
Sixty-Four Years at One Location
In 1964 the bank described itself as having occupied its location for 64 years. The public profile keeps that as the advertisement’s historical statement rather than turning it into an unsupported claim about every corporate or building transition.
A Downtown Institution in the Centennial Record
Its inclusion among the centennial’s business histories places banking within the everyday downtown of stores, offices, newspapers, and public events. Account holders, assets, and market-rank claims are not inferred from the advertisement.
A Jubilee Greeting in 1939
Market Street National Bank placed a congratulatory advertisement in the 1939 booklet. Because the placement prints no address, its presence strengthens the business chronology without changing the separately reviewed 1964 map occurrence.
Location
12 South Market Street, Shamokin, Pennsylvania