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Posted: 04 Sep 2016

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MN1084 MINNEDOSA - BANK OF HAMILTON (PAINTING)

MN1084 MINNEDOSA - BANK OF HAMILTON (PAINTING)
POSTCARD

Date: Not evident. Not Posted.

Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified

Notation: Image is a photograph of a sketch or painting of the building before it was constructed. Postcards of this type are not unusual - announcing plans for new construction.
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 wintorbos
wintorbos club
Impressive. I assume it did get built. Is it still in existence?
8 years ago.
 Canafornian
Canafornian club
A question I didn't consider! From what I have encountered in my search, I don't think it did - exactly. I haven't been able to find a reference to the Bank of Hamiton operating in Neepawa. However, the building in this image does bear a remarkable resemblance to the Bank of Commerce that was built in Neepawa at this same time (and is till standing/operating). Based on that, I am going to speculate that something happened to cause the Bank of Hamilton to drop its plan for a Neepawa branch and the Bank of Commerce was able to follow through with the construction of the building with some alterations.

Link to image of Bank of Commerce in Neepawa: archiseek.com/2009/1914-cibc-bank-neepawa-manitoba
8 years ago.
 wintorbos
wintorbos club
The Bank of Commerce absorbed the Bank of Hamilton in the 1920s, so that makes sense.
8 years ago.

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