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Color postcard from approximately 1930 of the Oakland Towne Center Building (formerly Pontiac State Bank Building) and the Community National Bank building on Saginaw Street in Pontiac, Michigan. The Oakland Towne Center Building was built in 1929 and is Pontiac's tallest building.

Black and white photograph from circa 1950-1960 of North Saginaw Street, looking south, in Pontiac, Michigan. The tall building is the Oakland Towne Center (previously the Pontiac State Bank Building), Pontiac's tallest building, built in 1929.

Black and white photograph from approximately 1955 of the Financial District skyscrapers and the Griswold Street and Jefferson Avenue intersection in Detroit, Michigan. The image shows the Standard Savings and Loan Building (1930), the Guardian Building (1929 - Wirt C. Rowland for Smith, Hinchman Grylls), and the Buhl Building (1925 - Wirt C. Rowland for Smith, Hinchman Grylls), with Hudson's Department Store in the background.

Black and white photograph from circa 1912-1917 showing the Dime Building in Detroit, Michigan. The Dime Building was built in 1912 by Daniel Burnham, on the corner of Griswold and Fort Streets. In the background on the left is the old Federal Building and U.S. Post Office, built in 1897 (demolished in 1931).

Color postcard from approximately 1919 showing the Penobscot, Peoples State Bank and Detroit Trust Company buildings in on Fort and Shelby Streets in Detroit, Michigan. The two tall buildings on the left are the original 1905 Penobscot building in the foreground and the 1916 addition behind it on Congress Street, both designed by the architecture firm Donaldson and Meier. The white marble Peoples State Bank building (now the Savoyard Center) was built in 1900, and the Detroit Trust Company Building, designed by Albert Kahn, was built in 1915. In 1926, the latter was significantly widened, and then modernized in 1966.

Black and white postcard from circa 1905-1906 showing the newly completed Penobscot Building (1905 - Donaldson and Meier) and the Peoples State Bank (renamed Savoyard Center, built in 1900) on Fort Street in Detroit, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from approximately 1958 of a National Bank of Detroit on the southwest corner of Five Mile Road and Ashton Street, one block West of Grand River in Detroit, Michigan.

Color postcard from circa 1907-1910 of the northeast corner of Griswold St. and Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. From the back of the postcard: "Reading from right to left stands the Majestic Home Bank, Whitney and the Hodges Buildings, with the Chamber of Commerce towering in the distance."

Black and white photograph from 1930 showing the office building on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Lafayette Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The First State Bank Building (1925 - Albert Kahn) and the Dime Building (1912 - Daniel Burnham) are visible on the left.

From back of photo: "First State Bank and Reid's Hotel. Hotel was built in 1892 as the 'Columbus,' became the 'El Erding,' 'The Johnston,' the 'Reid,' then the 'York.' Torn down for bank parking in the 1960's."

Looking north on Center Street at Phoenix Road.

Color postcard showing the view south down Clinton Avenue towards the Clinton County Courthouse in St. Johns, Michigan.

Black and white photograph from circa 1910-1915 of Mitchell Street, looking north from Harris Street. The building with the pillars on the left is the Peoples Savings Bank. The carriage in front of this building, with people lined up, is "Popcorn John" - a popcorn vendor who had been paralyzed from the waist down when stopping a runaway carriage, and was rewarded by prominent lumber families with a carriage from which to sell popcorn. On the right, the near building is the MacKinnon Hotel. Further down the block is the large Masonic Temple (built in 1889), on the corner of Beech Street.

Black and white photograph from circa 1905-1915 of Mitchell Street, looking north from Harris Street. The building with the pillars on the left one block up is the Peoples Savings Bank. The carriage without horses in front of this building is "Popcorn John" - a popcorn vendor who had been paralyzed from the waist down when stopping a runaway carriage, and was rewarded by prominent lumber families with a carriage from which to sell popcorn. The brick building on the right, one block up,is the MacKinnon Hotel. Further down the block is the large Masonic Temple (built in 1889), on the corner of Beech Street.

Black and white postcard from circa 1940-1949 of Main Street in Cedar Springs, Michigan, looking south from Cherry Street. The building on the corner on the right is the Cedar Springs State Bank (now a branch of a national bank), built in 1923.

Black and white photograph from circa 1907-1915 depicting a street scene in front of Collins' Drug House and the First National Bank in Charlotte, Michigan.

Black and white postcard from circa 1905-1908 depicting Main Street in Cheboygan, Michigan, looking northeast from Division Street. The building on the corner is the First National Bank building, and next to it the Gerow Block. The First National Bank building was constructed in 1883, and was destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1922, which also destroyed the Gerow Block and two other business blocks. A new bank building was put in its place, but in 1930 the bank was closed due to embezzelment and crooked book-keeping on the part of the receiving teller. A new bank was established in its place - Citizens National Bank - in 1931, and still occupies the location.

Black and white photograph of postcard from circa 1901-1906 of Main Street, looking north in Chelsea, Michigan. The granite stone building on the left is the Chelsea Savings Bank building, built in 1901 in the memory of George Glazier, who died in 1901. The building housed the bank only until 1907, when it was closed due to the financial panic. It is currently the 14th District Courthouse. Note that the Chelsea clock tower has not yet been built.

Black and white postcard from approximately 1907 of Main Street, looking north to the clock tower in Chelsea, Michigan. The clock tower is part of a warehouse building built by Glazier Stove Company in 1907. The building provided the company with 60,000 square feet of factory and warehouse space, and the clock tower doubled as a water tower. The smokestack is also a part of the Glazier Stove Company complex, which consisted of multiple buildings in the area. The Galzier Stove Company closed in 1908, after which the clock tower and warehouse space was occupied by the Chelsea Stove Company and various companies thereafter.

Black and white postcard from approximately 1909 of Main Street, looking north to the clock tower in Chelsea, Michigan. The granite stone building on the corner on the left is the Chelsea Savings Bank building, built in 1901 in the memory of George Glazier, who died in 1901. The building housed the bank only until 1907, when it was closed due to the financial panic. It is currently the 14th District Courthouse. The clock tower in the background is part of a warehouse building built by Glazier Stove Company in 1907. The building provided the company with 60,000 square feet of factory and warehouse space, and the clock tower doubled as a water tower. The Galzier Stove Company closed in 1908, and the space was occupied by the Chelsea Stove Company, and various companies thereafter.