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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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American Exchange Bank

Date: 03 15 1953
Description: American Exchange Bank, 1 North Pinckney, corner of North Pinckney and East Washington Avenue, a night photograph showing a lighted weather tower, United W...
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Woodhouse and Bartley Bank

Date: 1956
Description: The building was erected after a fire which destroyed most of the Bloomington business section in 1897. The bank was acquired by Peter Woodhouse and Patric...
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Farmers and Merchants Union Bank

Date: 1954
Description: Facade of the Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, a Louis H. Sullivan building.
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Coin Display

Date: 04 24 1956
Description: Coin display and 3 placards of explantion in a window at Madison Bank & Trust Company, 23 West Main Street.
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First National Bank on University Avenue

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: The West Branch of First National Bank Building at the corner of University Avenue and Park Street, with Rennebohm Drug Store #7 located on the bank's firs...
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Bernie's Grocery Store

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Exterior of Bernie's Grocery store located at 334 West Lakeside Street, and a portion of the South Side Bank. The store was operated by Bernard J. Holtman.
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First National Bank

Date: 1954
Description: View from Capitol Park of the First National Bank building and other buildings on Pinckney Street. Cars are parked at an angle on the street.
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First National Bank

Date: 06 05 1952
Description: View of the remodeled interior of the bank, showing the original skylight.
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Jacob Karlan Block

Date: 1955
Description: The Jacob Karlan block, built in 1893 on the north side of Monroe Street. The Karlan block was erected on the site of the old United States Hotel, adjoinin...
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Pinckney Street from East Washington Street

Date: 03 1954
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol towards Pinckney Street from East Washington to King Street.
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The Wisconsin Building

Date: 1954
Description: View from intersection towards the Wisconsin Building, which was built in 1901. Located at the intersection of State and Carroll Streets, at 102 State Stre...
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East Washington Avenue between Butler and Pinckney Streets

Date: 1954
Description: View of Capitol Square and its surrounding buildings. To the left is the Washington Building located on the site of the old "Journal Block" and on the righ...
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Beacon Federal Savings and Loan Association

Date: 1955
Description: Drawing of the interior lobby. Proposed building image. Architects are Bank Building Corporation.
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Beacon Federal Savings and Loan Association

Date: 1955
Description: Drawing of proposed building's exterior. Architects were Bank Building Corporation.
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Contract Signing for Wisconsin Dells Minirama

Date: 09 1959
Description: Contract Signing for Wisconsin Dells Minirama. The man on the left is a banker, the man with eyeglasses is Ted Saunders, and the women are Ruth Bennett Dye...
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Teller's Window at a Savings and Loan Bank

Date: 01 13 1950
Description: A bank employee at the teller's window in an unidentified savings and loan bank accepts a deposit from a customer (only the hand of a man wearing a hat is ...
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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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