Draft:P. H. Updike
P. H. Updike (1869–1943)[citation needed] was a banker and financier. He backed Lincoln Motion Picture Company in making the film By Right of Birth.[1]
He purchased an interest in and was chosen as president of Exchange National Bank.[2][3][4] He had been a banker in Nebraska.[5]
Architect W. J. Saunders (Walter Jesse Saunders)[6] was contracted to design a Swiss chalet style residence for Updike in South Pasadena, California.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Edeh, Uchenna (May 24, 2016). "The Lincoln Motion Picture Company: First Black American Movie Company".
- ^ "The Commercial & Financial Chronicle ...: A Weekly Newspaper Representing the Industrial Interests of the United States". William B. Dana Company. February 18, 1911 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Coast Banker". Coast Banker Publishing Company. February 18, 1914 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cross, Ira Brown (February 18, 1927). "Financing an Empire: History of Banking in California". S. J. Clarke Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Commercial West". Financial Communications. February 18, 1911 – via Google Books.
- ^ "PCAD - Walter Jesse Saunders". pcad.lib.washington.edu.
- ^ "Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer". Engineers and Architects Association of Southern California. February 18, 1909 – via Google Books.