Spread throughout nine museums, a number of local exhibits and an extensive corporate archives, Wells Fargo’s Historical Services Collects and preserves a vast collection of its company memorabilia. We are proud to showcase historic artifacts within this collection that highlight our company’s rich history
“En Donde y Como Comprar”
(Where and How to Buy)
“En Donde y Como Comprar” (Where and How to Buy)
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Wells Fargo offered its services not only across the United States, but around the world as well. This 1886 Spanish language guide helped Mexican customers import American goods—anything from food, to carriages, to the latest novel, across Mexico’s growing rail system. A beautifully illustrated book and an example of Wells Fargo’s commitment to provide its customers with a wide range of products and services throughout its extensive network.
A rare Copy of this publication can be found on display at the the Wells Fargo History Museum in Los Angeles. |
Still providing products worldwide,Colgate
& Company, New York (now Colgate-
Palmolive Company) made its “Cashmere
Bouquet” bath products available to Mexican
consumers through Wells Fargo’s
“Guia”.
Wells Fargo offered its services not only across the United States, but around the world as well. This 1886 Spanish language guide helped Mexican customers import American goods—anything from food, to carriages, to the latest novel, across Mexico’s growing rail system. A beautifully illustrated book and an example of Wells Fargo’s commitment to provide its customers with a wide range of products and services throughout its extensive network.
Still providing products worldwide,Colgate & Company, New York (now Colgate- Palmolive Company) made its “Cashmere Bouquet” bath products available to Mexican consumers through Wells Fargo’s “Guia”.
A rare Copy of this publication can be found on display at the the Wells Fargo History Museum in Los Angeles.
This Old Shoe
In the late 1890’s, a Wells Fargo agent found a mateless shoe. With tongue in cheek, he or she sent it on to a fellow agent with a bit of poetry. Through a circuitous route, the shoe traveled between two states, picking up a few more messages along the way.
“If steadily worn, Tho’ tattered and torn, In my strength I’ll have Pretty good backing; So help me along To the mate I belong, Where in my use we’ll resign What is lacking”
“This little shoe, if truth was known,
Perhaps by cyclone it was blown
From St. Louis to this state
And now its looking for its mate.”
(signed) PO8
Today, the lonely shoe resides in the Wells Fargo History Museum in Los Angeles, without ever finding its mate.