Bank of America (1904-1998)
Bank of America, formerly known as the Bank of Italy, was founded in San Francisco, California, United States, on October 17, 1904, by Amadeo Pietro Giannini. By 1945, it had grown by a branch banking strategy to become the world's largest commercial bank with 493 branches in California and assets totaling $5 billion.
A U.S. National Bank Note issued by the Bank of Italy in 1927
A marker at the Bank of Italy building at 550 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. This building was the headquarters of the Bank of Italy from 1908 to 1921, which later became Bank of America
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California. With a population of 808,437 residents as of 2022, San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of California. The city covers a land area of 46.9 square miles at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second-most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four New York City boroughs. Among the 92 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2022.
Image: San Francisco from the Marin Headlands in August 2022
Image: Palace of Fine Arts (16794p)
Image: Alcatraz 2021
Image: The Embarcadero, San Francisco
