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East River Savings Bank (96th Street)
East River Savings Bank (96th Street)

96th Street at the N.E. corner of Amsterdam Avenue. East River Savings Bank.

IMAGE DATE1927
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East River Savings Bank, 1927.

The temple-styled Amsterdam Avenue branch of the East River Savings Bank played a role in the Lindbergh kidnapping: a marked bill from the ransom payment was discovered in a deposit at the branch, one of many clues leading investigators to solve the case.

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