Description
Check issued by Chemical National Bank, dated June 1919. Beginning in 1920 but accelerating in the 1980s and 1990s, Chemical was a leading consolidator of the banking industry in the United States, acquiring Chase Manhattan Bank, Manufacturers Hanover, Texas Commerce Bank and Corn Exchange Bank among others. Following Chemical's acquisition of Chase, the bank adopted the venerable Chase brand. What had been Chemical Bank is now a foundational component of what today is JPMorgan Chase. Find out more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Bank