This pennant commemorates the First National Bank of Kansas City. Established in 1886 by Col. James Abernathy and James Lombard, the First National Bank was eventually housed in the building now utilized by the Kansas City Public Library's Central Branch. The Library pays homage to much of the Bank's original features and has dedicated a section of the first floor to the First National Bank Exhibition near One North. To the right of that exhibition is this bronze pennant, dedicated along with the exhibition by the Taylor S. and Patti H. Abernathy Charitable Trust. The pennant centers the First National Bank acronym, FNB, in a medallion with an inscription pattern stylized in the likes of a seal on United States currency. The acronym itself exists on two planes with a raised set overlaying a recessed set that creates the illusion of exaggerated dimensionality. Protrusions from the top and bottom of the seal add to its regality with a highly ornamented design. Spades with mesh relief graduate in either direction to spears flanked by layering scrolls on each side. The unification of rounded elements with sharp ones completes an air of elegance and power finalized in the material of the pennant itself. Altogether, the design and material of the pennant not only the First National Bank but its wealth and establishment as a pioneering institution in the city.