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JUNE 3, 1949: Amedeo Giannini, founder of Bank of America headquartered in San Francisco, died. He is considered a leader in modern American banking practices.

JUNE 3, 1949: Amedeo Giannini, founder of Bank of America headquartered in San Francisco, died. He is considered a leader in modern American banking practices.

REPOST Amedeo Giannini was born on May 6, 1870 and raised in San Jose, California on a fruit and vegetable farm. He dropped out of…

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MAY 31, 1995: Real estate developer Clint Reilly purchased San Francisco’s Merchants Exchange Building.

MAY 31, 1995: Real estate developer Clint Reilly purchased San Francisco’s Merchants Exchange Building.

In 1904 Chicago-based city planner and architect Daniel Burnham[1] was commissioned to design and oversee the building of San Francisco’s Merchants Exchange Building. He assigned…

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