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Stockton History
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| First
National Gold Bank of Stockton
Main Street/Hunter Street
Era: 1868
Photographer: Leonard Covello
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This
photo shows the First National Gold Bank of Stockton, next to the
J.H. Condit and Company clipper and mower business. Also shown is
the Perkins Brothers Grocery business. Originally photographed in
1868.
The First National Gold Bank of Stockton was founded by Henry H.
Hewlett in 1872. Hewlett was a founder of the Stockton Savings and
Loan Society in 1867, and owned one-fourth of its capital just one
year later. He likewise owned most of the stock in the First National
Gold Bank, and was elected cashier and manager of the bank.<
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Photo and information
courtesy of the
Bank
of Stockton Photo Collection. |
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