Exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895

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Title	Exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895
Description	Photograph of an exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the corner of Main Street and Commercial Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895. The two-story block building stands on the corner with arched upper windows and a number of displayed signs. A man stands on the sidewalk to the left near a horse-drawn carriage. Picture file card reads "The two cantons at curb captued from the Mexicans, now at County Courhouse.".; Legible signs include: "Capital Paid $500,000 Surplus & Profits $800,000", "Oldest and Largest Bank in Southern California", and "R.G. Dun and Co.". The script of the first to signs may have been added by hand to the negative afterwards, or traced over original text.
Subject	Farmers and Merchants Bank
Subject (adlf)	commercial sites
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- Banks
Subject (lcsh)	Banks and banking
Geographic subject	buildings: Farmers and Merchants Bank
Geographic subject (roadway)	Main Street & Commercial Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1890/1900
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1890/1900
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	7200
Call number	CHS-7200
Microfiche number	1-6-31
Legacy record ID	chs-m1210; USC-1-1-1-1256
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-7200
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Archival file	chs_Volume26/CHS-7200.tiff

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