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Gotham National Bank, New York City – Historic Print

Gotham National Bank, New York City, [ca. 1940] — historic photograph
Gotham National Bank, New York City, [ca. 1940]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Gotham National Bank, New York City

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This photograph documents the strong rooms of the Gotham National Bank in New York City, a subject that gives a rare view of the space behind the public banking floor. Vaults of this kind were built with heavy steel doors, combination or time-locked mechanisms, and rows of safe-deposit boxes, all designed to protect valuables and cash. Photographs of bank interiors from around 1940 often reflect the security-conscious banking culture that followed the bank failures of the early 1930s, when deposit insurance was introduced to restore public confidence.

Created / published[ca. 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940.
Notes26052""
SubjectsVaults (Strong rooms)--New York (State)--New York--1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,090 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168669

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