About This Item


  • Title[Ground-breaking ceremony]
  • Call NumberBANK_0190
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of a group of unidentified men,presumably bank employees, standing at a ground-breaking ceremony for a new branch of the National City Bank of New York. The two men in the center foreground are holding shovels. The location, presumably Brooklyn, is unknown."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 15, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectBank employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Shovels -- 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.