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400 California Street : a century plus five.
LIBRA - Rare HG2613.S34 B36 1969
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Neill C. (Neill Compton), 1889-1973.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banks and banking--California--History.
- Banks and banking.
- Bank of California--History.
- History.
- California.
- Local Subjects:
- Bank of California--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schuyler, Robert L., 1947- (donor) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 106 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Bank of California, 1969.
- Summary:
- History of the Bank of California and its growth as California and the West grew.
- Contents:
- Stage is set, 1848-1861
- Bank takes outline, 1862-1864
- Bank of California opens, July 5, 1864
- Bank and the Comstock, 1864-1871
- Ralston and the West, 1866-1872
- Era of dizzy speculation, 1870-1874
- Doors close and reopen, August 26
- October 2, 1875
- Bank pushes northward, 1865-1905
- Quake, fire, and steady growth, 1906-1938
- Changing economy, 1901-1950
- Crossroads, 1950-1964.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Professor Robert L. Schuyler.
- OCLC:
- 3102047
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