Interior of Superior National Bank

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Title: Interior of Superior National Bank
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Bank Facilities, ,
Condition: Good
Description: [Interior of bank building, showing cashier's work areas. Writing on back reads "Old Superior National Bank on Quincy St. Corner." July 2001 letter from Mary Sue Moore, original donor of photograph to the bank, reads "This was taken when my grandfather Joseph Borlace was working the Trust Dept. I believe this was also about the time that they were using the brass basket to pass the money back through the wire cages. I worked in the bank also. I was in the check posting dept. in the basement. They didn't build the new bank until after I was married and left the area."]
Source of Description: [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Mary S.G. Moore via Superior National Bank
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 7.0 cm x 11.5 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: No Neg 06-08-13-001
Collection Name: Digarch scan only
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• Information from 1990 book entitled The Working Folks Bank: A History of Superior National Bank's First Century of Service, 1890-1990" cataloged to MTU Archives book collection at HG2613.H36 S96 1990.The bank has used several different buildings through the years. Two structures at the corner of Quincy and Reservation Streets in Hancock are closely associated with the bank. This photograph shows the interior of the building that was constructed at this site in 1900. In 1960, the bank constructed a new building further west on Quincy Street.SNB was founded in 1890 as the Superior Savings Bank. A separate company, the Superior Trust Company, founded in 1902 to provide for investment and trust business which the bank could not engage. In 1908, the bank received a national charter and became the Superior National Bank. In December 1941, the two separate companies were merged to form the Superior National Bank and Trust Company."
8/15/2006 3:14:17 PM by Erik Nordberg, MTU Archivist