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Description
On February 9, 1925, Evening Express photographers captured the vault transfer in gold and securities from Chapman Bank’s location at 185 Middle Street to its new home at 477 Congress Street. Bank officials, contractors, and armed police loaded and transported the valuable cargo in just five minutes, with visible security from police, plainclothes guards, and a backup race car.
About This Item
- Title: Police officers helping move Chapman Bank vault contents, Portland, 1925
- Creator: Portland Evening Express
- Creation Date: 1925
- Subject Date: 1925
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass negative
- Dimensions: 8.9 cm x 11.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.9950
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Banks--Maine--Portland
- Buildings--Maine--Portland
- Gold
- Investment Banking--Maine--History
- Money
- Monument Square (Portland, Me.)
- Securities--Maine
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Chapman Bank moving crew, Portland, 1925
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