Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Main Street south of 4th Street. From left to right: first three buildings, 413-423 South Main Street, slated to be demolished and replaced by a parking garage; I. W. Hellman Building, 411 South Main Street; Farmers & Merchants National Bank, 401 South Main Street; and Hotel Barclay on 4th Street.
photCL 486
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Manuscripts
The collection consists entirely of the incoming correspondence to Farmers & Merchants Bank of Sheyenne, North Dakota. between 1907 and 1942. It is arranged alphabetically by author then by recipient. Prominent among the addressees are bank employees Henry Grinde, Joseph E. Johnson, John F. Swenson, Emil. B. Norin, and Alfred Garnaas. Though largely prosaic in their content, the correspondence reveals the thoughts and feelings of the Swedish immigrant farmers the bank served throughout the northern Plains, with correspondence from all over the United States and some from as far away as Sweden and Norway. The letters highlight salient historical events such as political turmoil in Europe during World War I, comparisons of agricultural conditions in the United States and Sweden, and the individual financial crises brought on by the Great Depression. Subjects in the collection include: Agriculture of the Great Plains; Indians in North Dakota; 20th century agricultural history; divorce; real property; rental housing management; Swedish-Americans; World War I; and World War II.
mssFarmers & Merchants Bank
Visual Materials
A view of Main and Fourth Street with the Merchant's National Bank in the foreground.
photCL Pierce 00379
Visual Materials
A view of the Bella Union Hotel and Bank of Los Angeles with a coach and four horses in front and a few bystanders.
photCL Pierce 00435
Visual Materials
A street view of the Citizens Saving Bank at the corner of East Colorado and Marengo. Automobiles are parked along the streets, and a traffic officer stands between cable car rails. Fingerprints are visible along the edges of the image.
photCL 402 (26493)
Visual Materials
The photo is a copy of a print that shows the home of I.W. Hellman who was the President of the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
photCL Pierce 00343