Wells Fargo Bank
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Addresses:
Historical Services, 420 Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 94163. (415) 396-4157. E-mail: wfh@artmachine.com. Web page: http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/.
Wells Fargo History Museum, Los Angeles, 333 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90071. (213) 253-7166.
Wells Fargo History Museum, Minneapolis, Wells Fargo Center, Sixth and Marquette, 2nd Fl., Minneapolis, MN 55479. (612) 667-4210.
Wells Fargo History Museum, Old Sacramento, 1000 Second St., Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 440-4263.
Wells Fargo History Museum, Phoenix, 100 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85003. (602) 378-1852.
Wells Fargo History Museum, Sacramento, 400 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 440-4161.
Wells Fargo History Museum, San Diego, 2733 San Diego Ave., Old Town San Diego State Park, San Diego, CA 92110. (619) 238-3929.
Wells Fargo History Museum, San Francisco, 420 Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 94163. (415) 396-2619. Fax (415) 391-8644.
Wells Fargo History Exhibit, Portland, 1300 S/W Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97201. (503) 886-2638.
Heritage Library Museum, Anchorage, 301 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99503. (907) 265-2834.
Manager: Beverly K. Smith
Coordinator of Research: Robert J. Chandler
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[edit] Collection Summary
In 1852, businessmen Henry Wells and William G. Fargo founded Wells Fargo & Company to provide banking and express mail service to California’s burgeoning population following the Gold Rush of 1848–49. Since the 1890s the company has sponsored historical exhibitions on its past, drawing from its collections of artifacts, documents, photographs, and artworks relating to Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, and the American West. The department includes the Corporate Archives, a reference library, photograph and ephemera collections, and museums in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco.
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