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Title: First National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.)
Dates: circa 1879-circa 1985
Collection Number: 2004-P-023
Quantity: 41 items
Abstract: Images of the interior and exterior of the First National Bank from its earliest location in Bismarck destroyed in the 1898 fire to the First Bank building in the 1980s. Also shows the first drive through banks in the mid 1960s.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired this collection from the First National Bank in October 2004.
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Inventory
2004-P-023-00001 Lobby, First National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.)  circa 1905
    2004-P-023-00002 Teller's cage, First National Bank,  Bismarck (N.D.) circa 1905
    2004-P-023-00003 Dick Peuwarden, Leonard Bell, and Maury Pye  inside First National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.) 1890-1898 
    2004-P-023-00004 Unknown woman, Leonard Bell, Dick  Peuwarden, and unknown man in First National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.) 04/1893   
    2004-P-023-00005 First National Bank, 4th St. and Main Ave.  before the 1898 fire, Bismarck (N.D.) 1879-1898 
    2004-P-023-00006 Main Avenue looking west from 5th St  Bismarck (N.D.) 1908     
    2004-P-023-00007 Vault and lobby, McLean County State Bank,  Wilton (N.D.) circa 1898
    2004-P-023-00008 First National Bank remodeling, Bismarck  (N.D.) 07/15/1953
    2004-P-023-00009 First National Bank prior to fire of 1898,  Bismarck (N.D.) 1890-1898 
    2004-P-023-00010 First National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.) circa  1900
    2004-P-023-00011 Interior, First National Bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1912
    2004-P-023-00012 First National Bank, 4th St. and Main Ave.,  Bismarck (D.T.) 1879-1889 
    2004-P-023-00013 Lobby, First National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.)  circa 1895
    2004-P-023-00014 Boardroom, First National Bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1905
    2004-P-023-00015 C. B. Little's office, First National Bank,  Bismarck (D.T.) circa 1885
    2004-P-023-00016 C. B. Little in office of First National  Bank, Bismarck (D.T.)  01/1883   
    2004-P-023-00017 First National Bank after remodeling,  Bismarck (N.D.) circa 1954
    2004-P-023-00018 Interior, First National Bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00019 Interior, First National Bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00020 Office interior, First National Bank,  Bismarck (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00021 Interior, First National Bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00022 Interior, First National Bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00023 Interior, First National Bank (Bismarck,  (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00024 First National Bank motor bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1965
    2004-P-023-00025 First National Bank motor bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1965
    2004-P-023-00026 First National Bank motor bank, Bismarck  (N.D.) circa 1965
    2004-P-023-00027 Groundbreaking ceremony for new First  National Bank, Bismarck (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00028 First Bank grand opening, Bismarck, (N.D.) 02/1979   
    2004-P-023-00029 Architect's drawing, First National Motor  Bank, Bismarck (N.D.) circa 1975
    2004-P-023-00030 First Bank building, Bismarck (N.D.) circa  1981
    2004-P-023-00031 First Motor Bank, Bismarck (N.D.) circa  1985
    2004-P-023-00032 First Bank employees prepare to move to new  location, Bismarck (N.D.) 02/1979   
    2004-P-023-00033 First Bank employees prepare to move to new  location, Bismarck (N.D.) 02/1979   
    2004-P-023-00034 Clarence B. Little's room at Dartmouth  College circa 1879
    2004-P-023-00035 Provident Life Insurance Co. convention,  Breezy Point (Minn.)   08/05/1929
    2004-P-023-00036 First State officials west side of Capitol,  Bismarck (N.D.) 1890
    2004-P-023-00037 - 00040 First National Bank interior, Bismarck (N.D.) circa 1914
  2004-P-023-00041 Main Ave. and 4th St., Bismarck  (N.D.) 1910
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