Contract signing for new bank building in Waveland, Mississippi of the Merchants Bank and Trust Company of Bay St. Louis are (seated, from left) Guy C. Billups Jr., chairman of the board, and C.C. McDonald Jr., contractor. Standing (from left) are Fred Wagner, architect ; William Breland, Waveland branch manager, and Dee Hamilton, president and chief executive officer. A week ago, the bank also announced it would build a major new facility in Gulfport.

Photo is dated 1967.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.