Wells Fargo Bank has a large banking presence in Arizona but I bet many people didn’t know there was a museum dedicated to the company’s history located in the lobby of the Wells Fargo tower in downtown Phoenix. It’s well worth a peek inside. Besides the 19th century stagecoach pictured above, there are also all sorts of artifacts from the gold mining days of the west. There is also a large collection of art by illustrator N.C. Wyeth.
Phoenix isn’t the only city with a Wells Fargo museum. Others are located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, Minneapolis, Anchorage, and Portland.
elle est superbe, cela me fait revenir enfant quand je regardais les westerns à la télévision ;o)
ReplyDeleteit is superb, it gives me back child when I watched westerns on television ;o)
I have to agree with Olivier :)
ReplyDeleteBut the museums sound fascinating. A piece of real, everyday life history.
I didn't know that! Love the stagecoach.
ReplyDeleteA fun place to visit with one's sister!
ReplyDeleteThis is very American. Just needs a couple of highway men
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Glad to know there is such a museum there.
ReplyDeleteI read a book on Arizona history that said that the passengers sitting across from one another on a full stage coach would have to sit with interlocking knees.
ReplyDeleteMust have made a ride across Arizona in the hot summer a rather sweaty affair.
I had an office in that building for 10 years, so I am familiar with what they used to call the Wells Fargo History Room.
Wells Fargo has a tradition of supporting local arts and culture.
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