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Gift of Gary Potter, 2009.9.65  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Postcards of Banks
Gift of Gary Potter, 2009.9.65 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Postcards of Banks

PublisherPublished by Alfred A. Adt American, 1863 - 1911
PublisherPublished by Morris Berman American
PublisherPublished by Midas & Hahn American
MakerMade by M. P. Ryder American
Date20th century
MediumPhotomechanical prints; colored printer's inks on postcards
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Gary W. Potter
DescriptionExterior views of banks include the Ansonia Savings Bank in Ansonia, Branford Bank in Branford, the City Savings Bank, the First National Bank of Bridgeport the Bridgeport Savings Bank and Peoples Savings Bank, the Savings Bank in Chester, the Savings Bank of Danbury, the Brooklyn Savings Bank in Danielson, the Hotel Swan and a bank in East Haddam, Aetna National Bank and Hartford National Bank in Hartford, the Middletown Savings Bank, the Milford Trust Co., the Naugatuck National Bank, the Naugatuck Savings Bank, the New Britain National Bank and the Savings Bank in New Britain, the Community Bank & Trust Co., the Connecticut Savings Bank, the First New Haven National Bank, the Second National Bank and the Trademens National Bank in New Haven, the Mariners Savings Bank and the Savings Bank of New London, Banker's Row in Norwich, Plainville National Bank, the South Norwalk Savings Bank, the Stafford Savings Bank in Stafford Springs, the First National Bank in Stonington, Suffield Savings Bank in Suffield, the Torrington Savings Bank in Torrington, the Colonial Trust Co., Waterbury, and the West Hartford Trust in West Hartford. Interiors of the Bridgeport Savings Bank on opening day and the Connecticut Savings Bank and the Tradesmens National Bank in New Haven are also included. The Isle of Safety is visible in the foreground of the view of the Hartford National Bank building.

(.39) The Branford Bank, Branford, Conn., addressed to Hayden Cleaveland
(.40) Ansonia Savings Bank, Ansonia, Conn., addressed to Mrs. G. W. Deitrich

Object number2009.9.1-.56
InscribedMost postcards have titles on recto or verso. Some postcards have messages and addresses inscribed in ink on recto or verso.

On verso, lower right, accession numbers
On View
Not on view