Sumitomo Bank Album, circa 1966

Item — Box: 8

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains black-and-white images of Sumitomo Bank Gardena office, Osaka main office, Toyko office; Gardena Strawberry Day float (1913); Strawberry Festival (1920); images of people working in fields (circa 1910s-1920s); field with a house in the background, Gardena (1900); Gardena Blvd.; Amestoy School (1920); Gardena High School (1909); Moneta Japanese Language School (1912, 1940); Japanese Community Center ground breaking ceremony; Sun Nursery; Compton Earthquake damage (1936); Redondo Beach (1900s); Long Beach (1910); Los Angeles Court House and Hall of Records (1912); Los Angeles and Redondo Beach street scenes.

Dates

circa 1966

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 20 boxes (four document boxes; two record storage box; four photograph boxes; one negative box; nine oversized boxes; one oversized item)

From the Collection: 105 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Custodial History

This album is presented to the City of Gardena by the Sumitomo Bank of California. The photographs were orginally exhibited under sponsorship of Gardena Heritage Foundation, "By-Gone Days of Gardena Valley", at Gardena Branch of Sumitomo Bank of California on the bank's third anniversary.