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first security bank: Mystery photo from yesterday solved. McRae Arkansas has historic bank.... - 10/02/10 08:35 AM
No one seemed to know what the picture I posted yesterday was.  Some sharp minds visit this blog but no one thought of Bonnie and Clyde!
The picture shows bullet proof glass.....very old.  Evidently that is what happens with bullet proof glass as it ages. 
I had an REO in the little town of McRae Arkansas, 743 population in 2009, about 12 miles from Searcy.  Needing to cash a check or make a deposit, I went into the bank shown below.

It's on a corner and you can see the street name.  It is right in the middle of town … (19 comments)

first security bank: Another photo op at First Security Bank in Searcy Arkansas. WWII years. - 12/30/09 03:54 PM
What neat photos we have found of old Searcy Arkansas.
Evidently the first one is of a Wave in uniform visiting in front of First Security Bank in order to perhaps solicit women to sign up for the Waves.
Look at the Ford Motor Company sign behind her.  Who can remember when there was a car dealership downtown on the square.
Also note the window opened at the bank.  This must have to gain ventilation in a stuffy bank with no central air. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Next we have our famous Searcy lady, Corinne … (6 comments)

first security bank: Photo Op at Security Bank, Searcy Arkansas. Two ladies in fashionable attire. - 10/02/09 07:47 PM
Seems as if Security Bank, which is now First Security Bank, was a lovely building where lots of photos were taken.  First Security Bank in Searcy Arkansas has just remodeled this bank to look original as in these pictures.
These two ladies are posing at the same spot. 
The first lady below in the fur coat (which we're afraid to wear now) is unknown unless some of my readers can identify her.  Notice the old city lamp post reflected in her picture.  Reportedly these antiques were later on sold and replaced with more modern ones.  What's that thing under the lamp post?
The second … (28 comments)

first security bank: From bad ugly to beautiful in just a few days. Old Searcy Arkansas building. - 03/16/09 07:05 AM
 

 
 
 
Downtown Searcy ARKANSAS, corner of Arch
and Spring Streets on the Square.
 
This is an old picture of Searcy Arkansas's Security Bank.  It is now called First Security Bank and is one of the strongest banks in the state.
My next picture will show how it has been restored. Throughout the years it has had different facades as the fashions changed.
Subject today, however, is the building across the street that shows in the background of this photograph. 
It has recently sold and my understanding is that the upstairs has been made into a very … (12 comments)

first security bank: Searcy old bank and old one being renewed. - 08/25/08 05:42 PM
 
Some of you have said you like my old photos and I'm glad.  Some have said to give us the present to compare with the old.  I am doing that today.  First Security Bank used to look like the picture below.  It was added on and covered over many times during the years.  Now it is being restored to some of its former majesty.  It's on the court square and the first picture is courtesy of Paula, who took it as a photography project for the Girl Scouts in the 40's.
I like the way it is looking. 
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