The American Exchange National Bank staff assembled with the bank's founder Hamilton M. Peyton who is in the front row with the white side burns. Peyton was bank president from 1879-1921. The bank merged with First National Bank and renamed First and American National Bank in 1929. It became First American National Bank in 1958, First National in 1974 and Norwest in 1983. In 1998 Norwest merged with Wells Fargo and elected to take the more familiar name Wells Fargo.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of American Exchange Bank, 401 Chestnut Street. Incorporated in March 1904, it was reorganized as American Exchange National Bank in November 1919.
Two story brick building, 4 gabled windows on upper level, horse drawn carriage in foreground with two women dressed in black coats in front seat, possibly a third person in the backseat. Two dark horses are attached to carriage they are standing still for photo. A single story building is to the left of the bank, it says "Lumbe" (Lumber) along top, a man is standing in the doorway.
Photograph of the exterior of Bricelyn bank with bank officers standing in the front. Pictured from left to right: Ross Chadborn, I. Leknes, Pete Odden, and Ed Foster.
Photograph of the interior of Bricelyn Bank with staff in front of the counter. Pictured from left to right: J. G. Olson - cashier; George O. Halderson - assistant cashier; Chester Sabo - bookkeeper; O. Lehnes - vice president; and Miss Alfisse Beitland - bookkeeper.
Brick building with large glass windows, second story is covered in shutters; probably summer. Signs in window read "Insurance, Money loaned, Buy or Sell Notes, Mortgages, Foreign, Domestic, Exchange, Passage Tickets to all parts of Europe, Collector Specialty." Group of children in front of building with two adults; one is probably the teacher the other is a man who likely is the bank owner/manager. One child is on a bicycle.
Citizens State Bank, 331 Central Avenue in West Duluth. Also on Central Avenue are Wieland Hardware Company, Swanstrom and Erickson Clothing, and Lurye Furniture.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
A photograph showing the exterior of the Cottonwood County Bank, built in 1895. A man and a child stand in front of the bank. An outside stairway is on the right side of the photograph and leads up to an apartment.