Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Bank of Italy, c. 1910 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Bank of Italy, c. 1910. Black-and-white portrait-oriented photograph shows six men in dark suits standing in front of the entrance to San Francisco's Bank of Italy. The entrance is a tall, rounded doorway in a marble building with a column on either side. "Bank of Italy" is painted in gold on the glass above the door. |
Date |
c. 1910 |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
1985.017.071 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Place |
San Francisco, CA |
Provenance |
A large collection of photographs dealing with Italian Americans in San Mateo County. Possibly once displayed in donor's Daly City restaurant. |
Notes |
The Bank of Italy was founded in 1904 by Amadeo Pietro Giannini, the son of Italian immigrants. "The bank was housed in a converted saloon as an institution for the "little fellow". It was a new bank for the hardworking immigrants other banks would not serve. He offered those ignored customers savings accounts and loans, judging them not by their wealth, but by their character." It became extremely successful, merging with the Los Angeles-based Bank of America in the 1920s, and helped finance Walt Disney and the motion picture industry, Golden Gate Bridge, and various other projects. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_Giannini 11/02/2018] |
People |
Giannini, A. P. (Amadeo Pietro) |
Search Terms |
Bank of Italy Banks Giannini, Amadeo Pietro (A. P.) Immigrants Italian Americans Italians San Francisco Spadarella, Frank |
Subjects |
Bankers Banks Immigrants |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Frank Spadarella |