About This Item

  • TitleBrooklynites set bank record
  • Call NumberBANK_0032
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Brooklynites set bank record--The Brooklyn Savings Bank's Kings Highway office at Kings Highway and McDonald Ave. opened recently and here are some of the 8,025 persons who signed new accounts during first day. This is an all-time record for any savings bank office in the nation, according to Gilbert C. Barrett, president." Image shows crowd of people in a line outside the bank and one car parked in the foreground.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 26, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bank buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceGravesend (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.