Modern Federal · Banks

Two historic buildings in Butte, Montana, a thriving late 1800s and early 1900s gold, silver, and copper mining boomtown that include interesting vintage signs

Butte · 1850–1939

Two historic buildings in Butte, Montana, a thriving late 1800s and early 1900s gold, silver, and copper mining boomtown that include interesting vintage signs, Butte, 1850–1939
Two historic buildings in Butte, Montana, a thriving late 1800s and early 1900s gold, silver, and copper mining boomtown that include interesting vintage signs, Butte, 1850–1939. Banks — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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