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  • TitleHamburg Savings Bank
  • Call NumberBANK_0114
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering: caption: "The spacious addition to the main office of the Hamburg Savings Bank, Myrtle Ave. near Knickerbocker, will soon be open for bussiness, according to an announcement made today by C. William Wohlers, president. The increased space was necessitated by rapid growth of the bank which this year put the institution in the 98th place in the nation's list of 100 largest savings banks. The new addition will be occupied by the executive officers and the bank's mortgage department."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Oct. 19/37. Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBank buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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.