SBI in Fresno, California

Fresno is a major city situated in the fertile Central Valley of California. The area, being in the interior away from the ocean, also usually faces the scorching Californian heat during the summer.

Instructions on the door of this bank were written in English and Punjabi.

Punjabi migration to the West Coast started way back in the 1890s, when they came here in large numbers to work on the farms & railroads. The Central Valley climate & soil similar to that back in their homeland, helped them prosper in agriculture here