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Here’s the 1958 ground breaking of the new First National Bank building at the corner of South Orange Avenue and Church Street in Orlando. The four children are: Allen Sterchi, Catherine Capehart, Frank A. Smith III and Honey Rex. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This advertisement is from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 15th, 1958. The ad is for the Palmer First National Bank and Trust Company of Sarasota. The Palmer Bank was founded by the early Palmer pioneer family. Since 1924 the bank stood[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Remember Sun Bank?
on July 16, 2013
at 3:14 am
Here’s a 1980 Sun Bank money envelope from the Swampy’s Florida collection. Below is the flip side of the envelope. Today Sun Bank is known as SunTrust.
Here’s a banking bag of Fruit Industries in Bradenton. Fruit Industries was started by Anthony Rossi and was the precursor of Tropicana, now owned by Pepsico, Inc.
Downtown Fort Myers in 1925. There’s the Lee County Bank, which had the post office in inside at the time. The Edison Theatre played silent movies. This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Fort Myers’ by Marian Godown & Alberta Rawchuck. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Postcard Thursday: Clearwater Federal Savings in Largo, 1960s.
on June 7, 2012
at 10:22 am
Here’s an undated postcard of the Clearwater Federal Savings building in Largo. This is amongst the many, many, many independent banks now gobbled up by the international banking system. Just by seeing the current view of the building available using[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Matches: Florida Bank of Commerce, Clearwater.
on November 17, 2011
at 11:40 am
Here’s a matchbook from the old Florida Bank of Commerce in Clearwater from the 1970s. Today there is another set of banks with the same name but unrelated in Central Florida. New banks will often pick up names of other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…