Puget Sound National Bank bookkeeping department on the 3rd floor of its home office. Although Puget Sound installed the first computer in 1959, much of the bookkeeping was still done by hand. A department staffed mostly by women is shown with a variety of manual equipment and customer records.

Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma)--People; Banks--Tacoma; Banking--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Rain Tree. On display in the lobby of the Puget Sound National Bank's main office during the Christmas season of 1969 was the silvery "Rain Tree" created by Ghilarducci Florists. Shimmering strands of white beads dangled from the tree limbs which were also decorated with clusters of balls and velvet bows. Ghilarducci's was a well-known florist with long-term ties to downtown Tacoma. Color photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.

Christmas decorations; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Ghilarducci's California Florists (Tacoma);

Informal portrait of Puget Sound National Bank Chairman of the Board Reno Odlin. Mr. Odlin had been elected president of the American Bankers Association in 1964, the first banker from the Pacific Northwest to win this office in the organization's 90-year history. He had previously served the local and national banking industry in many leadership positions, including the Washington Bankers Assn., the Federal Reserve, and U.S. Treasury. Reno Odlin spent most of 1965 traveling to nearly every state in the union to visit bankers, government and business leaders, in addition to several foreign countries to discuss international issues regarding money. (Provorse: Banking on Independence, p. 120-121)

Odlin, Reno, 1897-1979; Bankers--Tacoma;