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Title
San Jose Safe Deposit Bank building ornament
Contributor
Gordon, John C. (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
John C. Gordon Photographic Collection
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description
Building ornament that sat at the top of the San Jose Safe Deposit Bank building. At the top of the ornament is a bird with its wings spread open. Two bears are at opposing sides below the bird and in between the bears is the year "1872". The word "Bank" appears at the bottom of the ornament.
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.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
islandora:78_1597
filename: jcg_banks_020
islandora: 78_1597
Language
English
Subject
Business & Industry
Banks
Buildings
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Place
San Jose
California
Relation
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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