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Old Posted Aug 2, 2014, 9:10 PM
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Colegrove Memories

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Originally Posted by Tourmaline View Post
Santa Monica Blvd and Western (Late '20s?)
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I love this picture! I worked at that bank in 1982 and 1983, and it was a memorable experience. We used to get more noteworthy people in there than any other branch I worked at. Billy Barty did all his banking there, as did Ed Ruscha (although Ruscha had a guy who did his banking for him). Paul Rodriguez came in from time to time as well.

It was Security Pacific National Bank when I worked there, but we had equipment that still said "Security Trust & Savings Bank" on it, and I once found in the supply room a box of 100 pen nibs! I guess pen nibs could be noir. . . okay, no.

We had a lot of elderly customers who had been there for decades. I got a real taste of the old Hollywood from talking to them.
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