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Counting Pennies at the Bank

Date: 11 09 1955
Description: A banker pours 12,320 pennies into a change maker. The man had saved the coins for over four years.
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Silver Dollars

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: A table full of silver dollars where bank workers are preparing them to be sent to American Can Co., a Milwaukee-based company which plans on paying its em...
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Buy Bonds!

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Description: Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler...
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John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of banker and philanthropist, J.P. Morgan.
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Harriet Peterson and J. Edward O'Connell

Date: 10 18 1945
Description: Harriet Peterson of the State Bureau of Probation and Parole opening a savings account with J. Edward O'Connell, manager of the Savings Department of the F...
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Three Men at Desk

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Three men are gathered around a desk looking over a copy of The Teller, published by the First National Bank of Wisconsin.
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Donald F. Goodrich, Teller, First National Bank

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Portrait of Donald F. Goodrich, a teller at First National Bank.
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C.U.N.A. Woman and Mr. Bergengren

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: Woman handing 10,000th subscription to the C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) "Bridge" to Mr. Roy F. Bergengren, managing director, who is sittin...
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Cashiers at DeForest State Bank

Date: 09 12 1933
Description: A.A. Linde, cashier, and Carl Linde, assistant cashier of DeForest State Bank, display the ropes and gag used during a robbery of the bank.
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Depositors Inside Security State Bank

Date: 09 06 1932
Description: Slightly elevated view of a lineup of depositors inside the re-opened Security State Bank.
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Commercial National Bank

Date: 12 16 1930
Description: Commercial National Bank's "Fort Commercial" (a bulletproof armor cage), with Sgt. Ludwig Lenzer, Co. G, Wisconsin National Guard, holding a rifle.
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Mr. Lunenschloss at his Desk

Date: 03 25 1927
Description: Leo L. Lunenschloss (cashier) at his desk at Security State Bank, 2000 Atwood Avenue.
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Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State, holding three checks dated January 31, 1944. The checks are payable to First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwau...
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Wisconsin Banking Commission

Date: 11 05 1944
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Banking Commission shown examining a State Historical Society collection of coins and currency, and bank notes signed by some of W...
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East Side Business Men's Association Banquet

Date: 01 20 1949
Description: Guests at the speakers table at the 15th Annual East Side Business Men's Association banquet sponsored by the Security State Bank at the Hotel Loraine. Lef...
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Harrison A. Garner Madison City Council President

Date: 05 05 1950
Description: A gavel inscribed with his name was presented to Harrison L. Garner Thursday afternoon by the board of directors of the Bank of Madison. The presentation ...
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Bank of Madison Board of Directors

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: Lucille Colt, a bank clerk and member of the WAC medical corps in World War II, presents an inscribed gavel to Harrison L. Garner, a board member who was r...
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Dinner for East Side Business Men's Association

Date: 01 18 1951
Description: Men sitting at the speaker's table at the annual Security State Bank dinner at the Hotel Loraine for the East Side Business Men's Association. Seated right...
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Genesee River National Bank

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Description: Two men and a woman pose near a teller window in Genesee River National Bank, established in 1865.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Larry Jacobson, 11-year-old Soap Box Derby racer, receives a $25 savings account from Herman J. Kneubuehl, manager of First National Bank. The bank annuall...

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