first national bank - confederate flag poster front – Antique Poster Print
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Description
A window into the past: first national bank - confederate flag poster front, preserved in this vintage poster. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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first national bank - confederate flag poster front
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What sets this picture apart is the Confederate flag poster on the front of a First National Bank, which places a Southern war symbol on the facade of a financial institution. The national banking system took shape under federal law in 1863, and many banks adopted the First National name, so the building itself reflects that wartime banking reform even as the poster points toward the Confederacy. Displays like this were common during the war, when towns used flags and posters to promote enlistment, bond drives and loyalty to a cause. The record does not give the town, date or photographer, so the scene is best read as a glimpse of how wartime allegiance appeared in everyday public life.
| Original scan | 6,064 × 8,580 px · prints to 20 × 29 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | first national bank - confederate flag poster front |
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