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READ — Andrew EMERINE’S — STORY — The Sorcerer of Fostoria
This week in … THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
Facsimile of Poster displayed in Shop Windows during Week
Of May 3d. 1947
Banks that have stood the Test of Time Since 1882
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
FOSTORIA, OHIO
INCORPORATED 1882
Capitol….$150,000.00
Surplus… .200,000.00
Totals over Nine Million
THE STORY referred to appeared in The Saturday Evening POST under date of May 3d., 1947, accompanied by colored illustrations, and relates to a collection of old time Mechanical Coin Banks and clever old Mechanical Toys. This assembly of interesting and rare objects is the result of twenty two years of collecting what may be regarded today as one of the outstanding displays of museum items of its kind. The collection is located on the inside mezzanine floor of the First National Bank of Fostoria, and usually on display during banking hours.
