Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Merchants Trust Company Building in ca.1905-1910. The street and sidewalk are deserted except for a parked automobile, two bicycles, and a workman kneeling near some stairs in front of the seven-story stone facade building. The buildings is viewed directly from the front. The street can be seen below running from left to right. Alongside the large structure at center, two smaller buildings can be seen. Legible signs include: ..."d & Co., 213, [...] Kodaks, framing, art, pictures, [...]lies, photo supply, Kodaks, developing & printing, 213, Rowland & Co.", "John T. Griffith & Co., real estate loans, insurance", "211, Merchant's Trust Company, 209, Merchant's Trust Company, 207, Merchants Trust Company Building, bank closed, entrance through hall, transacts a general trust business, accepts trusts, administers estates, accepts escrows, acts as executor of wills, manages property, deposits received subject to check, 4% interest paid on term deposits, 3% interest paid on special deposits, paid up capital $350,000.00, officers: W.L. Brent, President, John C. MacMillan, [...], Lloyd L. Elliot, [...] manager directors: [...], eastern interests cared for, correspondents: [...] Trust Company, New York [...] & Trust Co."..., "County Superintendent of Schools", "A.J. Warner, importing tailor", "So. California Dept. Union Mutual Life Ins. Co., Portland, Maine, organized 1846, purely mutual, Robert H. Brown, manager", "A.C. Golsh & Co., mortgage loans, insurance, real estate", "Walter G. McCarty, real estate, Florencita Park", "Dr. U.G. Miller", "Dr. H.C. Hall", "Dr. N.W. Goodman, dentist", "S.H. Ellis & Co., stocks and bonds", "Patents, Townsend, Lyon, Hackley & Knight", "County Law Library", "Law office", "Miller & Page, law offices", "The American National Bank Building" ..., "The American National Bank will occupy this ro[...] [...]leted, now located in office, the [...] Nat'l Bank, capital paid up to $225,000.00", "American National Bank, paid up capital $100,000, officers: [...], directors: [...]", "Insurance, Home Insurance Co.", "Stephens & Winston, R.G. Stephens & Co., Connecticut Insurance Co.", "Real estate, [...] exchange assurance", ... "F.E. Beach, attorneys at law, rooms 321-322", "Chas. H. McFarland, attorney", "Dr. F. Staylor, dentist", "California [...] Building".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w 20 x 25 cm., 25 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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