About This Item

  • TitleFirst on line
  • Call NumberBANK_0055
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "First on line--First account in the new Coney Island branch of the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn is opened by Mrs. Anna Wasserman of 2941 W. 22dSt., who arrived at the Mermaid Ave. and W.17th St. entrance at 6:30 a.m. on opening day. A total of 5,747 persons deposited $518,312 the first day, an average of 459 deposits an hour." Image includes four men, all unidentified.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteStamped on verso:date: Jun[e] 21, 1950; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFrench, A. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBanks and banking -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.