About This Item

  • TitleMural series installed in banks
  • Call NumberBANK_0227
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Mural series installed in bank--The painting above the arch, one of sever murals done by Louis Bagnoli for the main lobby of the South Brooklyn Savings and Loan Association, 15 Willoughby St., is titled 'Religion.' The themes of the other six are homes, education, sports, youth activities, commerce, and labor. Commissioned by the bank's board of directors, the paintings were done during the past eight months by Bagnoli in the Brooklyn Heights studio." Image includes one teller and one customer in the foreground.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 13, 1954;Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBank buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Banks and banking -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mural painting and decoration, 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.