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Title: Bella Union Hotel
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1868
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Exterior view of the Bella Union Hotel. Excavation for new construction is taking place to the right of the hotel. The building to the left was built between June and September of 1868 for Pio Pico. Hellman, Temple and Co. opened there on September 1, 1868. The banking firm was the predecessor of Farmers and Merchants Bank, which was the predecessor of Security First National and later Security Pacific National Bank. Horace Bell described the hotel in Reminiscences of a Ranger.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00017394
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
N-002-767 8x10; L.A.-Hotels-Bella Union Hotel.
CARL0000002423
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/90534
Subject: Bella Union Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hotels--California--Los Angeles

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