Great National Land Building/Bank of Commerce (Nanaimo, BC)
The serpent and staff symbol seemed a strange choice for an old bank building until I read this passage: "the caduceus is also a symbol of commerce and negotiation, two realms in which exchange balanced by reciprocity is recognized as an ideal."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus
This former bank building in Nanaimo was designed by a Scottish architect from Edinburgh who moved to Canada, Victor Horsburgh, in a classical revival style. oaa.on.ca/Assets/Common/Shared_Documents/Awards/Honour%20...
Great National Land Building/Bank of Commerce (Nanaimo, BC)
The serpent and staff symbol seemed a strange choice for an old bank building until I read this passage: "the caduceus is also a symbol of commerce and negotiation, two realms in which exchange balanced by reciprocity is recognized as an ideal."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus
This former bank building in Nanaimo was designed by a Scottish architect from Edinburgh who moved to Canada, Victor Horsburgh, in a classical revival style. oaa.on.ca/Assets/Common/Shared_Documents/Awards/Honour%20...