<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson, 33.47069, -82.50457</dc:coverage><dc:date>1947/1949</dc:date><dc:description>Thomson, late 1940s. Paul A. Bowden (left) and Reverend Bob Smith participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of remodeling done to the First National Bank located on Main Street. Mr. Bowden was the president of the bank. The bank was organized in 1902 as Farmers and Merchants Bank. It became a national bank and its name changed ca. 1907.</dc:description><dc:format>image/jpeg</dc:format><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:subject>Banks and banking--Georgia--Thomson</dc:subject><dc:subject>Special events--Georgia--Thomson</dc:subject><dc:title>[Photograph of ribbon cutting ceremony at First National Bank, Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, ca. 1947-1949?]</dc:title><dc:type>StillImage</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>