Two streetcars and a car pass in front of the First National Bank builiding. The First National Bank was one of the early banks in the city, forming in 1873. According to the San Jose Directory, the bank was located on the corner of 1st Stree and Santa Clara Avenue. Stamped on recto: "Gordon". Photo mounted on board. Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
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