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Exterior of Farmers Bank building after explosion

1926

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Exterior of Farmers Bank building after explosion
  • Title
  • Exterior of Farmers Bank building after explosion
  • Date
  • 1926
  • Identifier
  • 20170328-hpichswp-0027
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_711_B1304_F003_I02
  • Description
  • The Farmers Bank building in Downtown Pittsburgh after an explosion. The image was taken from Fifth Avenue, close to the intersection of Wood Street. According to the Pittsburgh Press in August of 1926, the Farmers Deposit National Bank was bombed during an attempted robbery. Farmers Deposit National Bank was acquired by Union Trust Company around 1928.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Banks and banking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Bank buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh.
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bank robberies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Mellon Bank Records, 1815-1994, MSS 711, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Mellon Bank Records
  • Rights Information
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