Copyright: 2017.25.16 Missouri Valley Trust, c. 1930
Name/Title
Missouri Valley Trust Company Postcard, c. 1930
Entry/Object ID
AM2017.25.16
Scope and Content
Missouri Valley Trust Company Postcard, undated but auto in photo is c. 1930. Photo of bank building on SE corner of 4th & Felix Streets, St. Joseph, MO. blank cards (4). One is stored in Postcards Box 1.
Caption:
"This bank building was built by the Branch Bank of Missouri, which established itself on this corner in July, 1859.
Slave owners have done business in its spacious hall on the second floor, where dances were held. Brigham Young and his followers, Pony Express riders, French fur traders, all have warmed themselves before the bank's open fire before starting across the plains."
