Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bank
Object Number:
2002.1.2041
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
2 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. oval
Description:
A beige cardboard coin bank with a metal top and bottom. On one side has a photograph of a man in a suit marked "Uncle Don"; and on the reverse, a cartoon of a man with a bank book for a body placing a large coin into a bank slot marked "Mr. Ernest Saver". The narrow sides read "Uncle Don's Ernest Saver Club", and "The Greenwich Savings Bank/ Broadway at 36th St. -New York- Sixth Ave. at 16th St."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
