VINTAGE SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON SAVINGS BOOK INDIAN HEAD LOGO for Sale

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VINTAGE SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON SAVINGS BOOK INDIAN HEAD LOGO For Sale

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VINTAGE SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON SAVINGS BOOK INDIAN HEAD LOGO:
$3.25

VINTAGE SHAWMUT BANK OF BOSTON & NH SAVINGS BOOK For Deposit Withdrawal Balance.

5” x 3.25” bright blue in color, gold lettering, about 6 pages inside, Indian chief logo on cover and in back of the bank book. No writing inside, pages are unmarked up. You will receive one book mailed in a first class standard stamped envelope via USPS.

Note that even though some shots make the lettering look silver or white, it\'s gold metallic in color actually.

Shawmut Bank History:

The Massachusetts branch of Shawmut\'s history--from which the current company inherited its name--began with the founding of the Warren Bank in Boston in 1836, when operations began in a rented room on the second floor of an office building on State Street in Boston. It was a time of general economic prosperity throughout the nation; the pace of financial growth and business prosperity was matched only by the bustle of Boston\'s port. New schools and universities, industries, modes of transportation from shipping to railroads, and infrastructure projects all helped spur a bustling banking industry. When the federal charter of the Second Bank of the United States expired in 1836, Warren Bank was one in the flurry of new state bank charters. Within two months after the petition was submitted to the state legislature in February 1836, Warren Bank was granted a charter. Upon opening its doors for business, Warren bank competed with twenty-eight other active banks in the Boston business community.

Less than a year later, the new bank adopted the name Shawmut, beginning a long history of growth and change under that name. The Shawmut tribe of Native Americans had inhabited the pre-colonial area around Boston, describing it with the southern Algonquin word, \"Mushauwomuk,\" meaning \"broad low valley.\" Records dating back to 1630 identified the peninsula later named Boston as Shawmut. The sachem, or leader, of the Shawmut tribe was Chief Obbatinewat, whose strength and historical significance were portrayed by the Native American bust adorning all Shawmut locations, as well as by the distinctive Shawmut logo designed in the Chief\'s image.

On February 12, 1995, Shawmut announced an agreement to merge with the Fleet Financial Group, centered in Boston. Thus marked the end of an era, and the end of the historical Shawmut Bank with the cool Indian head logo.