About This Item

  • TitleFirst Bay Ridge sale
  • Call NumberBANK_0013
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "First Bay Ridge sale--Richard A. Brennan, president of the Brevoort Savings Bank, shows painting of 1652 transaction in which Cornelius van Werckhoven purchased Bay Ridge and its environs from Chief Mattano for six shirts, two pairs of shoes and assorted knicknacks, to M. Grace Hillard, manager of the life insurance department. The painting is by Eleanor Schorer Hope."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 30, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBank employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.