Citizen's Bank Drowning in Flowers

Remember Citizen's Bank. It was founded by the Cheatham family back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. At least that's what Buddy Baker told me, "It's been there all my life."

That's what makes this picture a mystery.

These pictures from the Simmons Studio collection of negatives were almost all taken in the late 40s or early 50s. So why so many flowers.  It's not their grand opening.

Here's a shot of the same room from the same position taken today. I kid you not - four tellers are crouching down below their windows because bank policy won't allow them to have their pictures taken.  It was nice of them to do that and allow me to take this photograph.

It's called U.S. Bank now.  The teller line has been moved from the south side to the north side of the room.

Here's how it looked on the south side.

Notice the ashcans placed at the teller windows for the convenience of their smoking customers.

Here's the loan officer's desks with all of the most modern equipment.

Interesting historical fact:  They had banks before they had computers.  I have no idea how they did it.

Same room - more flowers:

If you know the reason for the flowers or have any other stories to tell about Citizen's Bank, please leave a message in the comment section.