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Banking procedure--1866 style

Caption: "Banking procedure--1866 style--Professional actors [two men, two women] portraying the opening day scene of June 30, 1866, at the Lincoln Savings Bank, 531 Broadway, during open house ceremonies held yesterday at the bank to celebrate the completion of extensive alterations to banking floor and mezzanine. Counters made of planks and wooden horses actually were used when bank opened 88 years ago."

IMAGE DATE1954
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