About This Item

  • Call NumberBANK_0146
  • TitleStrong box
  • SummaryCaption: "Strong box--From 1809 to 1819, the Bank of the Manhattan Company, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, used [this] box to carry currency to its branches in Poughkeepsie and Utica from its main office in Manhattan.Together with the Hamilton-Burr duel pistols, it is among objects of historic interest on display at the bank's 185 Montague St. branch. Inspecting the box are William J. Ahern, a vice president, and Leo G.Kney, an assistant vice president of the bank."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 6, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBank employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boxes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Exhibitions -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Banks: Manhattan Co.: General