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Originally Posted by HossC
 Thanks for the extra info, Andys.
The Pico-Figueroa branch at 1301 S Figueroa was part of a larger building. This view today would be looking straight at the entrance of the Convention Center. It's well worth zooming this picture for the details.
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I enjoyed this whole series very much HossC, and was especially glad to see the Pico & Figueroa branch picture – that’s the elusive Masonic Hall building I hadn’t been able to find an image of except this fuzzy sketch from the LA Times 9-29-1907 (Hudson & Munsell, architects).
The Masons leased the space to the bank starting 1-1-1921 (per LA Times 12-5-1920).
There was a dramatic and nourish robbery there in July 1929.
(LAT 7-14-1929)
They were still in there as of Oct 1950 when the bank ran an ad celebrating its 60th anniversary. Bert F. Vogel, who'd kept a revolver in his desk in 1929 (the one used to foil the robbery) was still manager!
(LAT 10-10-1950)