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Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank Building, on West 6th & Spring Sts., Los Angeles, Cal.

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Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank Building, on West 6th & Spring Sts., Los Angeles, Cal.

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Identifier	post_00356
Title	Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank Building, on West 6th & Spring Sts., Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1911-1915
Subject (Topic)	Bank buildings--California--Los Angeles; Buildings--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Streets--California--Los Angeles; Automobiles
Subject (Place)	Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.); Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 14 x 9 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank on the corner of Spring and 6th streets.
Historical Background	The Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank moved to its new location between Spring and Sixth streets in 1911. The building in French Renaissance style with Corinthian columns was designed by John Parkinson and G. Edwin Bergstrom. It was an eleven-story steel frame structure built with ornamental bricks and terra cotta. The building was well known for its unique circular door to the vault, which was regarded as the thickest, largest, and strongest in the world at the time. In case of a lockout, bank employees could access the vault through an emergency hole. In 1922, the bank changed its name to Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection