About This Item


  • TitleExpansion started
  • Call NumberBANK_0106
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Expansion started--Samuel Whitman, left, assistant vice president of the Greater New York Savings Bank and manager of its Flatbush office, talks to crane operator, as Hugh Breslin, postmaster of the Kensington Post Office, looks on, at site where the bank as started work on an addition to its Flatbush office at Church and McDonald Aves."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: Oct. 5, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Cranes, derricks, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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.