United Banks Service Company

Memorabilia

Commentary -- everywhere -- is by Marvin Jones,
unless set out in "quotes" with attribution.

Stuff from Jonesy's spider-infested basement museum:

Remember the "Better Air Campaign"?
I think these cups were a fallout from Dick Watt's participation on the Denver Better Business Bureau.

Remember Jack Lea's United Way auctions? I bought a 30 lb. box of those blank marble bases at one back in about 1996. Still have'm.

UBSC 20TH ANNIVERSARY - 1991
MARV JONES

The UBSC logo was different and distinct from the corporate logo. It was a "vacuous" set of "interlocking nuts" -- versus the solid version of UBD and the rest.

My first set was in error, and Candy Udland (now Candy Slavec) -- the Systems Department secretary -- reordered the 'correct' ones for me.

Keyring. ....which I still use to haul around all the "Store Loyalty Cards" I have.

This is a button/badge that's been hanging off a magnet on my refrigerator for years. It's 2.5 inches in diameter. I cannot remember when I got it, nor for what 'event' it was allocated.

A "UBSC OLD TIMER" button that was passed out for the 20th anniversary celebration of the company.

Those of us that had been there from Day 1 -- or from very early in the 1970's -- got the added ribbon.

Of course, the 'celebration' was somewhat somber, because it wasn't really UBSC anymore.

I've had this United minibank Play Money kicking around with some of my other UBSC memorabilia for years.

I forget if there were some other 'denominations'.

Treasures from Joannie Barnes' steamer trunk:

UBSC pennant

UBSC pennant.
These were seen flying from the cubicle walls in Customer Relations.

YACC
Yet Another Coffee Cup

It seemed like 'they' deluged us with promotional material in the latter years of UBC/UBSC.
(In the Early Years, 'they' heaped other 'stuff' on us... Ha! Ha!

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Gary Antrim: "What Goes 'Round - Comes Around" -- again, eventually, sooner or later.

In 1972, Gary stood in awe as UBSC's first IBM MainFrame was rolled up the ramp - into the Computer Room. Three-plus decades later, Gary was selling the front panel from one of these on his NewBegin.com auction web site.
Gary: "Just received a 1971 IBM 370 model 155 ... and posted it at web site. It should bring wonderful memories from the most powerful machine from 32+ years ago when we had no gray hair."

IBM SYS/370 Model 155 -- framed memorabilia

This is the "Tastefully-Framed, Ready-To-Hang" IBM 155 front panel that Gary was featuring on his auction web site.
Wouldn't this look good on your living room wall?

UBSC Memorabilia -- page 2.

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Last update: 7-Jun-08