About This Item

  • TitleGree[n] Point Savings Bank
  • Call NumberUNDE_0124
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryStone or marble bank building at 5001 Church Avenue with five large arched windows on each wing and bronze entrance door on hinge between wings; carvings above entrance and on friezes read, "Green Point Savings Bank"; three pedestrians crossing street in foreground; other pedestrians and automobiles on sidewalk and street before bank; telephone poles and lampposts on sidewalk.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto; date from inscription on verso of copy 2. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectBank buildings
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East Flatbush (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.