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Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank opening, Leimert Park, Los Angeles. March 29, 1930
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Citizen Bank opening, Leimert Park, Los Angeles
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3. Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles
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The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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Mesa Vernon Market, 4342 Crenshaw, Los Angeles. October 21, 1933
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A panoramic view of the Mesa Vernon Market located at 4342 Crenshaw in Los Angeles. In addition to selling fruits, vegetables, meats, and groceries, the market includes a delicatessen, pharmacy, and fountain cafe. There are numerous automobiles parked in the lot outside the market, as well as on the adjacent streets. The open area on the far right is Leimert Park. Writing in white at bottom of image reads "Photo by - C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 10-21-33. 1572 W. Pico Blvd. LA".
photCL 470 (084)
Group portrait, Citizens National Bank, Los Angeles
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Group portrait presumably of employees of the Citizens National Bank in Los Angeles, California, with a desk covered with papers and pens in the foreground and a calendar visible in background at left reading: "Citizens National Bank, NW. Cor. Spring at Fifth, Los Angeles, U.S.A., December 1."
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Arlington Pharmacy and E.E. Baker grocery store, West Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles
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Street view of the two-story building on the corner of Arlington Avenue and West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, with the storefronts of the Arlington Pharmacy of G. F. Meiser (2500 West Washington) and the grocery store of E. E. Baker (2502 West Washington), and two men, a scale, a bus bench marked "Whiting-Mead Comml Co ... Whiting Wrecking Co. 8th & San Pedro, Lumber Plumbing, Hardware, & Paint," and a sign "We sell Crescent Ice Cream" on the sidewalk.
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Security Trust & Savings Bank map of Wilshire - La Brea district Los Angeles City
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Old shelf number: eph J2d. Generally referred to as "The Miracle Mile" this was a district developed as an alternative shopping district to downtown LA. According to OCLC, Security Trust and Savings Bank consolidated 1929 with Los Angeles First National Trust & Savings Bank, new bank known as Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. The Wilshire Country Club, which appears on this map interrupting Beverly Boulevard, was founded in 1919, according to the club's website. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note J2d. Title cover with advertising.
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