A photograph of people posing in front of a bank building in Yamhill, Oregon. The building is located on the corner of Main Street and Highway 47. The Yamhill State Bank is on the left; another shop (possibly a barber or butcher) is in the center; and a shop selling White Clover Ice Cream is on the right. A Model T car and a buggy stand in front. On the extreme left, there is a poster advertising a minstrel show. This photograph was printed on postcard stock and includes a note from "Freda" to "Chas Walker". It is postmarked October 8, 1912. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A photograph of people posing in front of a bank building in Yamhill, Oregon. The building is located on the corner of Main Street and Highway 47. The Yamhill State Bank is on the left; another shop (possibly a barber or butcher) is in the center; and a shop selling White Clover Ice Cream is on the right. A Model T car and a buggy stand in front. On the extreme left, there is a poster advertising a minstrel show. This photograph was printed on postcard stock and includes a note from "Freda" to "Chas Walker". It is postmarked October 8, 1912. This photograph is part of the Charles Lovell and Winnette Sears Walker Collection. Winnette was a 1906 alumna of Linfield College. Charles was an alumnus of Tualatin Academy who later became a musician and an insurance agent in Hillsboro, Oregon.
The Washington County Bank building on Main Street in the small town of Banks, Oregon, decorated in support of the military during World War I. The front of the building is decorated with two service flags and a wheel showing progress towards a war bond fundraising goal. This photograph, which was issued as a postcard, was probably taken in late 1917 or early 1918.
The large service flag (left) is similar to other ones produced in this region during World War I. Each of the small stars on such flags typically represented one man from the community who had entered military service. Blue stars signified men who had joined the war and were still alive, while gold stars signified those who had died in service. The smaller flag (center) with three stars may have belonged to the family who operated the bank, signifying that they had three sons in service. These flags symbolized the town's commitment to the war and the seriousness of the need for raising funds.
The wheel on the right demonstrated progress towards a community-wide goal for purchasing Liberty Bonds. These war bonds were issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a way to finance the war effort. People who bought bonds would gain a return of around 3-4%, but they were promoted more as a means of demonstrating patriotic sentiment, rather than as an investment. This wheel shows that the town of Banks was about 1/4 of the way towards their goal for purchases.
The Washington County Bank was the first bank in the town of Banks, having opened in 1909. It was a postal savings bank, which was a part of a limited service banking system backed by the federal government. Outlets often served rural communities. The building had a false front with a neoclassical facade, featuring three Doric columns, holding up a rectangular pediment with false columns etched along beneath its top. A wooden sidewalk surrounded the building. An unpaved road and several Model T -like cars are visible on the left.
Sepia-toned image of a small wooden building with a classical facade and false front. A single large window fills the front of the building, with a door to the left. Written on the window is 'Washington County Bank, U. S. Depository, Postal Savings.' Postal savings were certificates that could be purchased at local post offices and offered an alternative savings method to rural citizens who did not always have access to a bank. Postal certificates and bonds could be cashed in at banks such as this one, which were official depositories of the system. Another building sits next to the bank, and a boardwalk runs in front of it and down the far side. The Washington County Bank was founded in 1909.
Photograph of J. W. Shute's bank in Hillsboro. J. W. Shute started the First Commercial Bank in Hillsboro in 1888, and this bank was the fist bank in Washington County. This first bank closed in 1897, after which Mr. Shute started a bank of his own. J. W. Shute was a prominent early citizen of Hillsboro, and Shute Park is named after him.
Black and white image of the interior of a bank, with ghostly figures standing at the tellers' stations. Electric lights hang from the ceiling, and spittoons stand on the floor beneath a counter. Commercial National Bank was built in the 1930s. The building was torn down and replaced in the 1950s with what is currently (2012) the U. S. Bank building in Hillsboro, at the corner of Main and Second Streets.
Black and white image of the First National Bank in Hillsboro, with a banner across the street advertising the bank's open house. A large neon sign offers 'Drive in Banking.'
Black and white image of a blank check draw on North Plains Commercial Bank. A shield in the top left corner proclaims 'Safety First' and 'Service', and the date is 192_. The check number appears to be 12.
Photo of Otto Galaway and Wheelock Marsh at the Washington County Bank on Main Street in Banks. It was opened in 1909, and the bank's first officers included Nathaniel I. Burnett (1848-1913) of Greenville (President), Lewis Frederic Carstens (1861-1911) (Vice President), and William Otto Galaway (1884-1954) (Cashier).
