Banking Insurance Advertising Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Great 1919 Liberty Bell Bank from The Peoples State Bank Lyons Kansas.PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LANDUNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF. LEVXXV 1OTHE PEOPLES STATE-BANK-LYONS, KANSAS VINTAGE: 1919 SIZE: Approximately: 4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a Wonderful circa 1900 Ritzville Washington First National Bank Adv Watch Fob with Native American with Wording on COMPLIMENTS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK RITZVILLE, WASH. 530Ritzville was incorporated as a town in 1888 and was...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful 1928 Hartford Fire Insurance Companies Bronze & Wood Service Plaque. VINTAGE: 1928 SIZE: Approximately: 11-1/2" in height x 8-1/2" in width X 1/2" in depth. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze & Wood, steel hooks...

ARTIFACT: This is a Great Old Early 20th Century Mexican Bank Bag. VINTAGE: Early 20th Century. SIZE: Approximately 18" in height x 9-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Ink, heavy canvas. ATTACHMENT: N/A. MARKINGS: N/A. ITEM NOTES:  This...

ARTIFACT: This is a Circa 1900 Advertising Pocket Mirror For Draghon's Practical Business College. VINTAGE: Circa 1900's SIZE: Approximately 2-11/16" x 1-7/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Steel, print, mirror. ATTACHMENT: None. MARKINGS: "AND YOU WILL...

ARTIFACT: This is a Circa 1910's Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co. Advertising Pocket Mirror. Beautiful Full Color Lithograph.  VINTAGE: Circa 1910's. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" diameter CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Steel, print, mirror...

ARTIFACT: This is a Wells Fargo bronze heavy paperweight, featuring stagecoach the bank memorabilia, established since 1852. VINTAGE: Circa 1973. SIZE: About 3-1/2"x 2-3/8"x3/4". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze. MARKINGS: OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED AND...

ARTIFACT: This is a great fire mark from the Home Insurance Company of New Haven, Connecticut. The oval mark is in cast iron and shows a fireman pointing the way to the endangered property. Fire marks were purchased from fire fighting companies by...

ARTIFACT: This is a coin bank advertising Piscataqua Savings Bank of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1910s. Piscataqua is one of Portsmouth's early banks and is still in operation, borrowing its name from the river flowing through town. The bank is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 barrel bank decorated in rich red and gold from the Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Company, a bank started by local brewer, politician and all-around icon Frank Jones. The bank (shaped, of course, like a barrel) has a coin...

ARTIFACT: This is a mid-1950s figural metal coin bank by Banthrico Inc. of the Dover Co-Op Bank in Dover, New Hampshire. The bank, which began in 1890 and hanged names a few times, was located in the Walker Building for years, at the corner of Locust and...

ARTIFACT: This is a ruler advertising John Sise Insurance of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from the 1920s. The ruler reads PRESENTED BY THE FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY JOHN SISE & COMPANY 3 MARKET SQUARE, PORTSMOUTH N.H. on its front and FIRE,...