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Vintage 1960s Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank Passbook Minneapolis MN USA
Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis savings account passbook in an orange cloth-textured cover with green printing and horse-and-rider logo, housed in a clear plastic sleeve.
Front cover reads \'Savings Account\' above the emblem and \'Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis\' below.
Inside identification page lists a joint and several savings account for Esther J. Rosenau or Warren W. Rosenau with account number H210003 and the bank address 90 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with telephone number 339-2515 and FDIC membership line.
The lower portion of the interior provides an \'Information for Depositors\' section describing interest compounding, deposits of checks, account closure policies, lost book procedures, address changes, and bank-by-mail options.
Interior transaction pages show printed columns for date, withdrawal, deposit, interest, balance, and transaction numbers, filled with machine-stamped entries and handwritten notations spanning from 1964 through early 1969.
The final page records January 1969 interest and withdrawals with a large printed numeral 2 and an \'ACCOUNT CLOSED\' notation indicating closure of the savings account.
Promotional text along the bottom margin of a transaction page reads \'FOR HOME LOANS call Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank. Also mortgages on apartments, duplexes and business properties.\'
Country of origin: United States; mid-century American banking and savings account ephemera from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Condition: Pre-owned original Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis passbook showing age-related handling and storage wear. Orange cloth-covered exterior displays overall rubbing, scattered small dark marks, a faint diagonal stamped marking, and softly worn corners and edges; clear plastic sleeve has surface scuffs. Interior pages have light toning, a horizontal fold crease from opening, machine-stamped transactions, and handwritten pencil figures but remain intact with fully legible printing. Passbook and plastic cover only as shown with no additional inserts or paperwork included.
