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The First National Bank of

Portland, Oregon

Charter
#1553
Bank ID
1553
Years
1865–1941
Observations
77

Assets

Year assets loans odraft acceptances_receivable bonds_circ bonds_dep bonds_hand bond_premiums securities_and_mortgages securities securities_usgov securities_other due_from_nb due_from_ra due_from_other_nb due_from_other_nb_and_sb due_from_sb real_estate oreo_and_mortgages current_expenses internal_stamps exchanges bills_nb checks_and_other currency legal_tender specie cash_and_exchange lawful_money cash_exchange_and_reserve us_debt redemption_fund due_from_treasurer frb_reserve other_assets
1865 0 0
1866 0
1867 374,790.10 67,119.26 0 100,000 50,000 11,800 5,432.57 8,977.50 5,301.69 14,125.87 2,696.28 1,755.80 3,048 40,782.55 0 38,925 3,015.58 21,810 0
1868 390,163.86 48,348.50 5,658.83 100,000 50,000 8,550 435.77 28,558.63 19,418.39 0 24,376.66 2,704.28 1,742.65 3,680 35,334.03 1,997.51 57,761 1,597.61 0 0
1869 587,512.74 116,826.84 20,261.08 100,000 50,000 59,550 5,912.26 44,884.91 0 0 0 2,200 2,913.97 35,000 6,887.57 1,334.39 121,959 19,782.72 0 0
1870 1,006,439.24 315,042.51 7,594.35 200,000 50,000 64,550 20,057.23 44,958.44 47,904.71 820.09 66,120.49 1,700 3,404.75 0 40,000 6,045.25 4,731.37 120,201 13,309.05 0 0
1871 1,636,296.67 688,419.24 1,102.93 250,000 170,000 54,650 0 70,147.41 208,145.97 16,635.65 0 5,690.25 3,894.10 0 20,000 5,513.95 2,422.52 113,647 26,027.65 0 0
1872 1,620,655.12 722,351.94 3,092.16 250,000 50,000 31,450 316.25 65,788.49 158,909.65 7,122.73 141,152.67 3,750 4,762.96 0 2,854 5,830 908.99 65,901 106,464.28 0 0
1873 1,538,375.08 723,211.18 9,084.81 250,000 100,000 2,900 288.85 73,682.06 198,584.46 20,996.75 26,575.95 8,613.83 3,498.21 0 1,560 879.93 279.90 62,210 56,009.15 0 0
1874 1,580,984.51 701,905.89 8,487.65 250,000 200,000 7,600 0 70,048.96 127,381.78 39,320.55 7,500 4,902.54 0 90 350 1,207.72 49,200 90,489.42 0 22,500 0
1875 1,659,344.33 750,711.81 3,977.50 250,000 200,000 14,500 13,722.55 119,140.58 0 103,613.10 20,240.44 7,346.35 4,819.62 0 7,319 0 1,992.05 73,686 77,025.33 0 11,250 0
1876 1,723,447.27 774,850.74 12,850.07 250,000 200,000 17,800 6,354.15 170,501.53 0 32,098.66 107,825.45 4,000 6,387.27 0 3,300 918.05 1,169.03 61,070 62,072.32 0 12,250 0
1877 1,995,953.53 884,036.72 11,607.25 250,000 200,000 52,900 2,339.86 169,582.55 0 17,351.80 111,987.79 4,000 7,223.25 0 1,610 0 0 112,850 144,558.21 0 25,906.10 0
1878 1,934,918.15 867,493.37 15,080.76 250,000 225,000 64,950 432.67 91,285.26 0 138,674.95 146,170.85 0 7,355.93 0 1,870 36 0 34,540 77,778.36 0 14,250 0
1879 1,890,875.43 747,459.49 19,920.69 250,000 500,000 800 0 113,427.34 0 58,255.87 26,143.21 0 6,535.45 0 2,770 0 0 46,330 107,983.38 0 11,250 0
1880 2,292,191.46 946,798.67 7,610.46 250,000 500,000 3,150 225 164,851.36 0 163,842.68 38,738.83 0 7,256.20 0 3,000 70 0 12,400 180,698.26 0 13,550 0
1881 3,004,331.27 1,005,541.48 16,155.12 250,000 500,000 153,400 23,767.75 404,790.78 0 198,066.54 65,056.83 0 6,993.55 0 3,800 1,486.81 0 0 347,143.01 2,200 25,929.40 0
1882 3,812,304.76 1,591,774.48 5,285.40 250,000 500,000 121,200 17,561.87 392,114 0 174,064.49 211,430.36 81,921.59 8,652.98 0 11,000 4,749.49 600.10 13,000 404,500 0 24,450 0
1883 3,934,552.95 2,118,757.57 4,759.27 250,000 500,000 33,650 669.50 339,888.72 0 0 42,722.25 125,000 9,544.45 0 12,000 6,140.40 200.69 10,800 454,680.10 0 25,740 0
1884 3,249,891.33 1,525,332.27 1,434.69 250,000 500,000 38,400 4,900 338,573.19 0 0 79,692.27 125,000 13,512.90 0 1,211 5,328.23 480.28 10,000 344,776.50 0 11,250 0
1885 3,514,089.88 1,426,583.10 1,856.49 250,000 500,000 40,900 263.50 397,437.07 0 220,950.37 147,027.31 125,000 9,809.15 0 7,295 17,475.66 592.98 22,755 334,894.25 0 11,250 0
1886 3,819,234.95 1,403,563.58 2,930.75 250,000 500,000 3,800 39,146.25 699,818.95 0 177,633.86 272,569.99 126,943.34 9,830.55 0 21,340 24,691.13 308 23,020 252,388.55 0 11,250 0 0
1887 3,860,173.19 1,641,006.29 14,945.58 250,000 500,000 0 0 646,674.30 0 92,967.75 204,240.42 138,943.34 10,113.95 0 3,640 25,925.82 1,731.94 8,945 309,788.80 0 11,250 0 0
1888 3,867,773.04 1,617,796.26 159,102.35 50,000 500,000 0 0 553,015.80 0 103,547.18 356,265.73 137,468.34 341.45 0 17,900 33,884.15 619.18 38,210 297,372.60 0 2,250 0 0
1889 4,363,835.36 2,076,957.12 81,586.51 50,000 500,000 0 0 540,238.72 245,538.65 213,713.92 236,793.75 125,000 1,000 10,679.50 29,681.51 3,090 32,777.70 411.98 5,185 208,931 0 2,250 0 0
1890 5,064,474.91 2,567,998.23 155,806.59 50,000 500,000 0 0 538,634.09 375,993.14 242,677.37 115,726.91 125,000 0 91.09 57,674.42 6,000 29,707.41 63.41 10,960 285,892.25 0 2,250 0 0
1891 4,911,306.63 2,314,858.78 316,140.87 50,000 500,000 0 0 450,296.10 121,019.57 221,363.57 334,935.49 125,000 0 8,697.29 50,820.94 6,125 52,023.67 1,747.25 7,050 348,978.10 0 2,250 0 0
1892 4,558,874.60 2,217,582.86 295,287.09 50,000 400,000 0 0 451,804.22 271,994.69 182,096.29 223,728.02 125,000 0 12,168.82 75,675.97 4,455 4,491.65 1,902.24 5,460 234,977.75 0 2,250 0 0
1893 3,906,519.52 1,981,193.84 150,354.05 50,000 400,000 0 0 417,097.70 82,615.50 108,447.16 59,134.06 125,000 0 468.35 27,884.15 7,740 5,250.91 241.25 25,395 463,447.55 0 2,250 0 0
1894 4,874,592.54 1,785,460.96 25,907.31 50,000 400,000 500,000 75,000 369,858.68 712,304.08 78,246.24 175,914.16 75,000 0 43,655.52 40,170 3,033.80 160.64 88,237 449,394.15 0 2,250 0 0
1895 5,135,297.82 1,685,401.15 9,367.40 50,000 400,000 600,000 81,000 1,159,718.54 424,390.01 13,259.41 116,022.69 75,000 2,000 30,466.38 10,500 3,817.08 160.11 11,059 460,886.05 0 2,250 0 0
1896 5,123,473.95 1,543,929.71 22,284.67 500,000 400,000 300,000 85,875 519,264.70 166,652.31 28,060.37 107,281.46 75,000 2,000 27,093.97 2,450 5,213.56 329.10 7,153 1,308,386.10 0 22,500 0 0
1897 6,826,979.14 1,750,080.13 19,986.17 500,000 400,000 500,000 111,000 1,713,343.66 477,342.78 19,417.81 393,400.90 75,000 7,311.08 31,442.11 2,755 1,648.18 202.12 12,000 789,549.20 0 22,500 0 0
1898 6,481,843.14 1,304,097.06 25,465.02 500,000 400,000 500,900 92,911 2,490,974.54 449,955.79 91,729.23 51,917.32 75,000 5,600 27,543.07 7,400 6,407.86 682.15 11,520 417,240.10 0 22,500 0 0
1899 7,450,595.80 1,269,540.99 75,024.16 500,000 500,000 400,060 53,625 2,427,096.84 999,475.29 252,756.76 116,880.22 75,000 13,650 31,290.44 8,600 8,650.44 1,165.48 15,996 674,415.90 0 22,500 4,868.28 0
1900 6,787,065.48 1,608,302.31 80,185.55 500,000 500,000 100,000 0 2,322,941.51 539,820 211,517.84 133,775.74 75,000 10,650 2,943.24 38,970.68 4,700 5,969.14 610.52 7,929 618,749.95 0 25,000 0 0
1901 7,545,623.02 1,711,637.78 148,530.13 500,000 500,000 100,000 0 2,399,209.05 841,972.60 271,231.14 192,356.49 75,000 14,757.98 1,292.33 74,335.91 5,600 11,074.37 145.54 9,750 663,729.70 0 25,000 0 0
1902 8,654,298.99 2,087,723.63 186,312.78 500,000 800,000 9,500 0 2,666,261.02 696,147.88 282,007.30 130,038.88 91,864.98 17,757.98 0 173,743.44 5,100 8,459.19 3,375.56 10,765 960,241.35 25,000 0 0
1903 10,246,195.88 2,888,949.90 357,877.44 500,000 800,000 0 0 2,339,516.75 1,146,885.31 645,549.82 216,349.10 80,000 41,100 0 67,361.12 5,300 13,784.47 1,079.77 8,344 1,109,098.20 25,000 0 0
1904 10,011,918.38 3,384,740.56 335,987.56 500,000 800,000 0 0 1,856,335.36 798,283.68 434,118.02 542,685.85 70,000 0 0 0 146,897.95 8,000 14,562.89 3,007.91 13,975 1,078,323.60 25,000 0 0
1905 12,517,419 3,951,434 1,300,000 2,420,848 1,460,186
1906 14,872,161 4,717,134 1,300,000 2,669,654 3,912,376 2,272,997
1907 16,863,176 6,050,328 1,500,000 2,703,236 3,215,053 3,394,559
1908 12,818,952 4,974,533 1,707,113 981,993 2,602,527 2,552,786
1909 14,748,720 5,483,013 2,200,000 561,580 3,984,142 2,519,983
1910 16,206,661 6,986,946 2,200,000 1,067,649 3,100,761 2,851,305
1911 16,475,125 7,316,895 2,400,000 788,152 3,834,160 2,135,918
1912 16,426,648 8,101,292 2,400,000 950,491 3,272,652 1,702,213
1913 15,194,803 7,782,999 1,810,000 1,004,084 2,869,902 1,727,818
1914 22,849,152 12,355,906 1,800,000 2,467,259 3,445,277 2,780,650
1915 22,223,248 11,291,316 1,800,000 2,574,619 4,939,495 1,617,818
1916 25,999,943 13,776,762 1,800,000 4,247,694 4,969,652 1,205,835
1917 30,372,610 16,301,913 2,591,700 4,611,564 3,840,350 3,027,083
1918 32,475,101 16,453,660 5,882,913 4,074,383 2,874,029 2,135,057 1,055,059
1919 45,889,949 24,854,699 6,103,224 3,858,157 6,186,590 3,686,376 1,200,903
1920 43,461,933 27,440,920 3,584,421 2,951,724 5,713,718 2,480,310 1,290,841
1921 35,300,215 20,855,248 807,756 4,341,234 2,688,087 4,539,959 1,897,593 170,338
1922 36,511,309 19,438,867 7,209,050 2,730,630 4,809,434 2,035,730 31,287,598
1923 39,361,290 21,408,745 7,196,378 2,869,092 5,659,123 1,959,743 268,209
1924 42,943,591 19,730,096 9,809,957 4,158,121 6,893,795 2,140,139 211,483
1925 43,931,506 18,729,747 9,234,933 6,115,133 7,261,141 2,399,316 191,236
1926 42,649,779 18,493,129 6,824,016 7,976,930 9,171,124 184,580
1927 49,148,350 24,269,819 7,399,196 7,930,570 9,315,148 233,617
1928 47,465,213 17,316,538 11,379,487 9,537,751 9,138,547 92,890
1929 50,567,499 20,530,466 11,529,920 7,514,668 9,574,260 1,418,185
1930 49,467,146 16,174,749 6,530,181 15,164,354 10,253,211 1,344,651
1931 41,175,339 10,610,233 11,973,972 11,025,625 5,003,345 2,562,163
1932 39,231,093 9,084,442 8,440,912 9,756,304 10,453,465 1,495,970
1933 54,451,704 13,039,788 17,787,860 8,824,426 12,482,061 2,317,569
1934 60,085,959 13,374,268 9,000,288 12,453,022 22,081,715 3,176,666
1935 74,493,595 17,521,742 18,696,314 19,966,125 14,909,950 3,399,464
1936 94,584,420 22,715,864 24,468,202 22,953,473 21,617,209 2,829,672
1937 108,660,961 35,405,701 29,302,209 13,278,196 27,401,031 3,273,824
1938‡
1939 122,985,635 42,863,946 35,481,572 6,759,262 34,764,436 3,116,419
1940‡
1941 176,438,518 62,700,387 51,986,834 10,457,337 48,068,640 3,225,320

‡ Gray rows indicate years where the bank appears in the Historical NIC panel but no balance sheet was reported.

Liabilities & Capital

Year capital surplus undivided_profits surplus_and_undivided_profits notes_nb deposits us_deposits usdo_deposits individual_deposits demand_deposits time_deposits due_to_nb due_to_other_nb due_to_sb due_to_banks due_to_banks_and_other_liabs bills_payable certified_checks unpaid_dividends other_liabs
1865 0
1866 0
1867 100,000 0 7,306.25 83,110 50,807.65 126,406.22 7,159.98 0 0 0 0
1868 100,000 0 28,351.88 87,840 36,315.52 58,077.05 79,579.41 0 0 0
1869 100,000 5,000 11,297.17 88,225 114,670.96 51,384.60 193,012.47 1,394.33 22,528.21 0 0
1870 200,000 5,000 46,611.43 96,330 265,787.59 109,023.70 279,177.82 0 4,508.70 0 0 0
1871 250,000 6,000 95,251.63 222,520 495,035.74 246,498.19 226,127.24 0 94,863.87 0 0 0
1872 250,000 9,000 156,675.20 220,625 564,579.61 162,285.62 254,332.40 0 3,157.29 0 0 0
1873 250,000 50,000 176,902.79 222,830 446,645.60 98,667.31 270,146.93 0 23,182.45 0 0 0
1874 250,000 50,000 220,203.02 221,400 555,873.01 111,765.16 171,484.17 0 259.15 0 0 0
1875 250,000 50,000 258,665.77 209,100 562,295.44 83,619.16 245,606.92 0 57.04 0 0 0
1876 250,000 50,000 301,799.47 222,700 626,502.66 107,775.66 151,680.70 0 4,288.78 0 8,700 0
1877 250,000 50,000 249,191.37 220,500 844,551.27 220,243.11 120,378.18 0 35,577.60 0 5,512 0
1878 250,000 50,000 283,924.02 202,000 707,825.24 33,314.67 353,673.44 686.96 50,661.82 0 2,832 0
1879 250,000 50,000 287,202.48 213,190 710,973.98 159,122.44 191,263.57 6,072.15 20,890.81 0 2,160 0
1880 250,000 50,000 340,657.33 223,490 984,369.42 94,203.68 278,509.14 38,270.81 17,691.08 0 15,000 0
1881 250,000 50,000 320,686.74 223,090 1,582,907.96 172,905.65 228,303.93 74,147.88 87,289.11 0 15,000 0
1882 250,000 50,000 359,851.20 211,890 2,097,596.87 268,861.63 245,740.01 11,261.52 317,103.53 0 0 0 0
1883 250,000 50,000 419,537.59 224,990 1,838,780.42 195,371.10 221,601.87 306,887.86 427,384.11 0 0 0 0
1884 250,000 50,000 491,444.12 220,290 1,560,028.88 255,111.15 176,760.45 143,430.67 102,826.06 0 0 0 0
1885 250,000 50,000 537,776.50 197,590 1,792,782.75 238,233.66 176,344.28 101,710.66 154,652.03 0 0 15,000 0
1886 250,000 50,000 589,931.44 204,340 1,859,317.70 342,761.72 142,753.13 204,191.35 175,939.61 0 0 0 0
1887 250,000 50,000 676,349.39 221,750 2,082,966.64 43,098.34 376,937.02 88,117.39 70,954.41 0 0 0 0
1888 500,000 100,000 489,885.10 45,000 1,815,080.10 220,958.14 245,277.09 213,790.40 237,782.21 0 0 0 0
1889 500,000 100,000 600,484.37 45,000 2,144,118.73 368,685.73 180,324.06 338,411.25 86,811.22 0 0 0 0
1890 500,000 100,000 689,541.68 45,000 2,560,249.24 268,770.49 279,214.13 258,618.44 357,290.99 0 5,789.94 0 0
1891 500,000 100,000 786,263.82 43,050 2,215,016.51 212,332.37 314,575.81 568,488.99 167,950.63 0 3,628.50 0 0
1892 500,000 100,000 757,854.67 39,350 2,285,483.13 205,778.06 192,134.44 377,056.82 101,047.48 0 170 0 0
1893 500,000 100,000 724,130.37 45,000 1,781,879.41 134,205.87 248,345.54 260,469.50 87,488.83 0 0 25,000 0
1894 500,000 100,000 510,577.59 31,470 2,542,813.50 92,902.32 264,735.13 572,808.11 259,285.89 0 0 0 0
1895 500,000 100,000 557,071.14 27,750 2,906,733.21 43,714.18 304,974.84 538,895.81 156,158.64 0 0 0 0
1896 500,000 100,000 511,692.37 448,200 2,377,656.88 76,929.70 307,790.53 549,445.30 251,759.17 0 0 0 0
1897 500,000 100,000 510,731.32 358,120 2,950,819.64 35,486.12 331,283.28 1,663,395.61 377,143.17 0 0 0 0
1898 500,000 100,000 563,463.28 331,000 3,176,191.90 20,813.12 379,120.40 948,331.85 462,922.59 0 0 0 0
1899 500,000 100,000 576,494.38 419,550 3,521,882.26 0 452,419.24 1,159,978.13 681,156.14 0 39,115.65 0 0
1900 500,000 100,000 644,251.14 500,000 3,337,298.32 9,794.55 441,807.14 796,070.41 405,744.91 0 52,099.01 0 0
1901 500,000 100,000 593,471.83 458,360 3,846,681.13 7,234.04 467,326.94 1,027,920.19 428,497.73 0 86,131.16 30,000 0
1902 500,000 100,000 677,044.16 500,000 4,430,391.82 205,050.07 539,242.81 1,151,365.53 539,673.49 0 11,351.11 180 0
1903 500,000 100,000 821,971.17 479,200 4,797,711.10 102,877.22 630,454.01 1,718,454.71 1,061,034.27 0 34,493.40 0 0
1904 500,000 500,000 483,728.06 500,000 5,047,451.11 118,492.84 617,942.28 1,470,552.98 745,883.74 0 27,867.37 0 0
1905 500,000 1,074,115 483,400 10,459,895
1906 500,000 1,066,178 494,200 796,482 7,498,538 4,516,763
1907 500,000 1,155,990 480,500 999,990 7,637,808 6,088,888
1908 500,000 1,000,000 213,473 500,000 999,941 7,601,344 2,004,194
1909 500,000 1,000,000 156,030 492,550 883,708 7,733,315 3,983,117
1910 1,500,000 750,000 198,031 487,000 876,305 8,263,223 4,132,102
1911 1,500,000 750,000 231,254 511,135 899,652 8,871,763 3,711,321
1912 1,500,000 900,000 109,493 997,995 895,376 7,845,190 4,178,594
1913 1,500,000 1,000,000 175,304 894,295 306,509 7,804,492 3,514,203
1914 2,500,000 1,000,000 103,861 1,136,095 284,575 14,372,605 3,452,016
1915 2,500,000 1,000,000 128,213 1,027,245 9,580,499 4,916,307 3,070,984
1916 2,500,000 1,000,000 106,424 1,499,995 9,903,982 5,860,230 5,129,312
1917 2,500,000 1,000,000 145,715 1,470,495 12,049,384 7,766,526 5,440,480
1918 2,500,000 1,149,796 1,499,995 14,008,982 8,157,014 5,159,314
1919 250,000 1,196,031 1,499,995 21,078,227 10,228,144 9,387,552
1920 2,500,000 1,212,268 1,450,795 16,858,425 11,400,884 10,039,561
1921 2,500,000 1,421,767 1,473,495 14,046,654 11,372,837 3,668,831 816,631
1922 2,500,000 1,373,904 896,815 14,368,870 11,935,772 4,814,477
1923 2,500,000 1,245,183 588,745 15,516,522 14,193,734 5,174,815
1924 2,500,000 1,213,539 596,245 14,135,210 16,284,555 7,466,591
1925 2,500,000 1,134,639 9,995 14,576,320 17,692,004 7,568,729
1926 2,500,000 1,131,893 9,995 15,035,273 18,865,635 4,987,540 119,443
1927 2,500,000 1,280,302 9,995 16,033,009 20,829,529 8,029,061 466,454
1928 2,500,000 1,312,353 9,995 15,726,169 21,808,845 5,757,773 350,078
1929 2,500,000 1,000,000 570,274 9,995 46,174,278 200,000 112,952
1930 2,500,000 1,000,000 500,686 9,995 45,194,940 0 261,525
1931 2,500,000 1,000,000 660,269 2,500,000 33,736,700 450,000 328,370
1932 2,500,000 1,000,000 388,420 2,500,000 32,585,781 0 256,892
1933 2,500,000 1,000,000 247,944 2,490,950 47,913,141 0 299,669
1934 2,500,000 2,000,000 418,118 2,500,000 52,376,814 0 291,027
1935 2,500,000 2,225,000 780,647 68,824,773 0 163,175
1936 2,500,000 2,500,000 1,693,989 87,366,618 0 523,813
1937 2,500,000 2,600,000 2,335,767 100,629,579 0 595,615
1938‡
1939 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,119,704 113,129,201 0 736,730
1940‡
1941 3,000,000 5,000,000 3,761,288 163,632,566 0 1,044,664

‡ Gray rows indicate years where the bank appears in the Historical NIC panel but no balance sheet was reported.