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Bank of Columbia in second building 2011-10-13 - Photo photo by Larry Smith of framed picture in lobby of Bank of Columbia. Larry Smith made a visit to Robert Flowers' bank and took this photo of a framed picture hanging in the lobby. According to Mr. Flowers, the CEO of the bank today, this picture is of the second bank building. It stood in a narrow building with the facade above facing the Square, with the street to the left being what is today Burkesville Street. This building came after the frame building which faced Burkesville Street, along Jefferson Alley, which was robbed. Both these early buildings were lost in fires. The capital of the bank, painted on the window, was $30,000. Mr. Flowers had no information on the identity of the two men in front, except to note that one of them had a World War I style uniform. The time period is ca 1920, some 80-90 years ago. Permalink | Comments?

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