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SERIES:   D32467- 5
DATE:   03-19-1948
DESCRIPTION:   Mr. A.B. Cummings, owner of Porter-Cummings Company, men's clothiers, decided to try the newly opened drive-up banking services at Bank of California in March of 1948. The teller, Wallace H. Waite, is protected by a special bullet-proof glass window and steel bars. Mr. Cummings liked the new service, the first of its kind in Tacoma, and predicted it would help relieve congestion from customers parking along Pacific Avenue to stop for a short visit to the bank. Bank of California had been at this downtown location since 1928 and the drive-up window was located in the alley back of the bank. (T.Times, 3/23/1948, p.9-article & alternate photograph)
IMAGETYPE:   Black & White
ADDRESS:   1011-13 Pacific Ave.
SUBJECTS:   Bank of California National Association (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Banking--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cummings, A.B.; Waite, Wallace H.; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;
COLLECTION:   Richards Studio Collection
PRINTTYPE:   Fiber base-Glossy
PRINTFORMAT:   8x10"
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