About This Item

  • Call NumberFULT_0097
  • TitleThe Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, incorporated 1859.
  • SummaryBank balance book from the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn stored in paper sleeve with business name and address in black text. Front of booklet: black and white illustration of bank building and black text with business information. Verso of front cover lists bank officers and trustees. Back of booklet (not scanned): black text: Please keep this book in good order do not fold or roll it and if lost notify the bank at once. Cover front and back perforated with text: Canceled. Business address: Dekalb Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
  • Date[1931?]
  • Formatstill imagetext
  • Physical Description[14 unnumbered pages] : black and white ; 5.25 x 3.6 in.
  • Genreadvertisementsbankbookstrade cards
  • Biographical NoteThe Fulton Street Trade Card Collection consists of 245 late 19th and early 20th century illustrated trade cards, all emanating from businesses in Brooklyn's historic commercial thoroughfare. The cards combine humor, bright and elegant graphic design and typography to promote a wide variety of wares and services.
  • CreatorDime Savings Bank of Brooklyn
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBanks and banking ; Financial institutions ; Bank buildings
  • CollectionFulton Street Trade Card collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsFulton Street Trade Card collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.