Customers stand before a long wooden teller counter, its barred windows divided by carved posts and topped with turned spindles. Two men wear hats and dark coats; the man at right writes at the counter while a woman beside him examines a paper. Staff are visible behind the grilles.
The lettering on the glass at left reads “STATE BANK OF LIBERTY,” supporting the bank identification supplied with the card. The supplied locality is Liberty, Nebraska. A small clock stands behind the left-hand grille, and a W. M. Fulton & Son advertising calendar hangs on the right wall beside a framed portrait and a smaller picture. The photograph records the counter’s paneling, desk fittings, and patterned floor in considerable detail.
The supplied identification names Gladys, Kate, and Mabel, matching the ink inscription “Gladys Kate Mabel” on the reverse. The inscription provides no key assigning these names to individual figures. A separate, legible pencil note at upper left reads “Wymore, NEB”; its relationship to the bank scene is not explained.
The divided postcard back has a KRUXO stamp box and is unused for mailing. KRUXO identifies the photographic postcard stock, not the photographer. No photographer or publisher is credited, and the photograph’s date is not established.
- Title on card
- Wymore, NEB / Gladys[?] Kate Mabel (inscribed)
- Medium
- RPPC
- Subject
- Nebraska, Occupational
- Dimensions
- 5.53 × 3.48 in (140.3 × 88.5 mm)
- Condition
- Small surface losses at the lower left edge and near the lower right corner; otherwise sound, with a clear, detailed image.
- Catalogue no.
- MRPPC3450
Catalogue details
Location
Liberty, Nebraska · Liberty, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 80% confidence
the card names only the town. Looked up as "Liberty, Nebraska" → Liberty, Liberty, NE 68381, USA. Order tried: caption-town: "Liberty, Nebraska" → city ✓; Live research: The reported lettering photographed on the teller-area glass—“STATE BANK OF LIBERTY”—matches an independently documented historical bank in Liberty, Gage County, Nebraska. The 1906 Gage County Atlas patrons’ directory explicitly lists State Bank of Liberty, its officers, and its location as Liberty. ([usgennet.org](https://usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/gage/books/1906atla2.htm)) Rand McNally’s July 1917 Bankers Directory independently lists the same institution under Liberty, Gage County, in its Nebraska section, distinguishing it from the town’s Farmers State Bank. ([fraser.stlouisfed.org](https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/rand-mcnally-bankers-directory-105/july-1917-604215/content/fulltext/rmbd_191707_07_montana?utm_source=openai)) A November 1897 banking report also records authorization for State Bank of Liberty to
Source: Card caption (town only)








