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Description
The collection consists mainly of photographs and a small number of contact sheets, negatives, and slides pertaining to the construction and infrastructure of the bank, its leaders, employees, and presumably clients. Of note are images of board members including former Los Angeles city councilman and Mayor Tom Bradley, civil rights leader Reverend Thomas Kilgore, Jr., and Dr. Leroy R. Weekes, founder of the King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles. Also included are newspaper clippings; press releases; communications, and resource referral lists; an August 1964 National Association of Real Estate Brokers 17th Annual Convention journal; a Governor's Commission report on the Los Angeles riots; invitations; advertisement printing plates; a 1975 Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) Achievement Award engraved plaque plate; biographical data on Tom Bradley; a Second Baptist Church First Decade Award certificate and program honoring the bank; as well as a Man of the Year Award program honoring United States Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins. The collection also contains Financial Building Company leases and canceled stock certificates.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1964-1975
Call number
mssBOF
Creator
Bank of Finance (Los Angeles, Calif.)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Caroliniana Rare Books, January 2023.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
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