U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for November 8

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8: FIRST DRIVE-IN BANK

Profile America — Tuesday, November 8th.  It used to be that going to the bank was somewhat of a chore — park your car, go into a building, and wait in line for a teller.  Now, many of us rarely see the inside of a bank anymore.  We take care of our financial business at an ATM, by going online, or at our bank's drive-in windows.  The first such drive-up facility opened this week in 1946 at the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, which offered its motoring customers 10 teller windows with sliding drawers.  Now, drive-up tellers are available almost everywhere and Americans have a choice of more than 94,000 banks to handle their money, with assets of more than $13 trillion Profile America is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau:  Measuring America—People, Places, and our Economy.

Sources:  Kane's Famous First Facts 3796

Statistic Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 1177

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for “Multimedia Gallery” by the “Newsroom” button).  

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