The oldest bank building in west Alabama, located in Gainesville, northern Sumter County. From a collection of the Alabama Writers' Project, established in 1935 as part of the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal employment program established during the Great Depression.
First Bank in Gainseville
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Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History
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