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Title: Bank of Italy building under construction
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: The Bank of Italy Building (also known as the Bank of America Building), is 15-stories and was built in 1926. Built by architect H. A. Minton to be one of the Bay Area's first "earthquake-proof" constructions and the tallest building in San Jose for 61 years. Bank of Italy, later to become the Bank of America, was founded by San Jose native A.P. Giannini.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
8 x 10 in.
Identifier: islandora:78_1286
filename: jcg_building_constr_001
oclc: 566084455
islandora: 78_1286
Language: English
Subject: Banking industry
Buildings
Construction industry
Bank of America
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: John C. Gordon Photograph Collection

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