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Dime Bank: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 12:22pm.
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Detroit, Michigan, circa 1912. "Dime Savings Bank." The slot must be in the top. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Free Pies
Submitted by Mudhooks on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 2:35am.
Is that what the flag on the right says?
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It Still Takes Coin
Submitted by Downer on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 10:20pm.
It's nice to see it's still present, though a bit crowded in and less prominent now. In 2002 it was renamed the Dime Bank, after years of being ingloriously named something else less fitting and historical.
Barber Dimes
Submitted by Downer on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 3:10pm.
Certainly took a lot to construct this fine building.
That's quite a slot
Submitted by Maniak Productions on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 1:55pm.
Especially for a dime. It would be cool to bungee jump in between those two towers though.
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