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Bank gateDescription
Polished steel gate and frame providing the security entrance for bank tellers and other employees.Context
The gate and frame came from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at what is now the Bard and Banker, 1022 Government St.. The building is on the register of Canada's Historic Places. CIBC was created by the merging of the Imperial and Commerce Banks in 1961. Earlier artifacts might be from the Bank of British Columbia, housed in that building, but bought by the Bank of Commerce in 1901. Robert Service worked there for a few years some time between 1896 and 1903.
https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/our-history-island-helped-shape-robert-service-4610355
