Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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A panoramic view of the opening of the Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank in Leimert Park in Los Angeles. Flags and banners are hung over the streets, and the area directly in front of the bank has been blocked off to traffic. The bank is next to the Mesa Vernon Market and Pharmacy, located at 4342 Crenshaw. Across the street on the far left is the Ice Palace, an ice cream stand. Writing in white at bottom of image reads "3-29-30".
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7 items: "keepsake"-type booklet, The Farmer's & Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles...Fifty Years of Banking Service, 1921; advert. / greeting card, "Life more abundant," from Bank of Italy National Trust and Savings Association, 1927; brochure, "President's Statement," from The First National Bank of Los Angeles - Pacific Southwest Bank, First Securities Co., 8/9/1927; 1-pp. letter (no signature, subsequent pages may be missing), to Don Taylor of LAT, on Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles letterhead, with historical "information about the second home of the Farmers & Merchants Bank," dated 10/24/1956; pp. 336 - 341 copied from a book titled A Mirror for Californians [Oliver Carlson, 1941]; two undated ads (ca. 1925) for Citizens...Bank of Los Angeles.
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Citizens National Bank on corner of Arkansas & ___.
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Citizens National Bank on corner of Arkansas & ___.
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Group portrait of men and one girl standing in an office around flowers and a portrait of Bank of Italy founder Amadeo Giannini, with Bank of America, Los Angeles, founder Orra Eugene Monnette directly at right of the painting and the name plate of Louis Valperga visible on the desk at right. The Bank of Italy and the Bank of America, Los Angeles, merged in 1928-1929.
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