Certificate of Deposit, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

Certificate of Deposit, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles

Entry/Object ID

2008.347.1.1

Description

Certificate of Deposit, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, 28 November 1874. The item has the printed name of the institution, names of president John G. Downey and cashier I. W. Hellman, and wording pertaining to the deposit, as well as a vignette of a seated woman with her head in her left hand, lithographed by Britton and Rey of San Francisco. The item is filled out with the date, depositor's name, and amount. It also has John Downey's signature and a stamp from 4 December. On the verso is the depostor's endorsement. With a puncture and large sain at left and a dogeared corner, the overall condition is good.

Lexicon

Search Terms

California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Child Hygiene, United States. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau.

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Certificates of deposit