Blueprints for the First National Bank in Farwell, Minnesota 1921, drawn by O. E. Larson, Architect from Starbuck, Minnesota. The plans were drawn September 5, 1921 and include front, south, and rear elevations as well as a cross section, floor plan, and basement plan.
Outside view of the corner of First National Bank in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). To the left of the bank is a drug company and on a corner sign is Campbell, I.D. dentist.
Interior view of the First National Bank building and H. O Dilley, J. W. Huckins, Fred Tschann, Earl Watson, Florence Nutting, Frank Tschann, and J.D.N.
This view of the bank's interior is what a customer at the First National Bank in St. Peter saw upon entering the building. The building at 225 South Minnesota Avenue is no longer the home of the bank.
A receipt issued by First National Bank, Winona, Minnesota, to the Winona Library Association for rent paid from January 1, 1874 to July 1, 1874 in the amount of $50.00.
The First National Bank in St. Peter was located at 225 South Minnesota Avenue at the time this postcard was made. Part of the Lindberg Hardware Store at 119 West Nassau Street can be seen behind the bank. A shoe store was located along the north side of the bank.
This is the interior of the First National Bank in Crosby, Minnesota. Tellers stand behind the bars, one at the "Paying" window and one at the "Receiving" window. A spittoon sits on the floor. A drinking fountain is to the right. Marble lines the bottom of the teller area.
The First National Bank (1869 - 1909) was located at 201 South Broadway. The bank building was 18 feet wide and 50 feet long. This interior view shows four men posed by the main counter with teller cages; left to right: Simon Feeney (assistant bookkeeper), Walter Hurlbut (cashier), Charles N. Ainslee (assistant cashier), William W. Churchill (bookkeeper).
In the first part of the recording, Thomas Miller discusses constructing a county road between Bemidji and Fosston; the establishment of Pinewood; early Pinewood businesses; helping build the railroad between Bagley and Shevlin; and operating a sawmill with his dad. In the second part of the recording, Walter L. Brooks discusses what originally brought him to Bemidji; his childhood; playing football for the University of Wisconsin at Madison; how he got his first job in a bank; how he got a promotion at the bank; taking a new job at Northwestern National Bank in Minneapolis; a co-worker embezzling funds and implicating him; moving to the First National Bank; hearing about the job at Bemidji; how rough early Bemidji was; the early bank building; his home in early Bemidji; early bank operations; cashing time checks for lumberjacks; trying to encourage lumberjacks to save money; extending credit to saloonkeepers; how well lumberjacks treated his wife; Charlie Miles' automobile getting stuck in the sand; when gambling closed in Bemidji; when the saloons closed in Bemidji; an agreement with the Crookston Lumber Company to cover their excess taxes; boats on Lake Bemidji; and keeping horses. The interview was recorded on December 10, 1952.
