Financial Collection (#14)

National City Bank, New York
Bank, National City, Broadway & Canal Street. National City Bank branch building at Canal Street and Broadway

Chemical National Bank, New York
Banks, Chemical National Bank. Facade of a branch of Chemical National Bank on Broadway near Warren Street, New York

Chemical National Bank. Stained-glass domed skylight at Chemical National Bank, New York. Date: 1907

Chatham & Phoenix National Bank, New York
Building, bank, Chatham & Phoenix National Bank, Eighth Ave. and 14th St. Facade and side of the Chatham and Phoenix National Bank at 8th Avenue and 14th Street

First National Bank, Stamford
First National Bank of Stamford, Connecticut. Conference room at the First National Bank, Stamford, CT

Central Hanover Bank, New York
Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. Branch Fifth Ave. & 60th St. Ladies Rest Room. Ladies rest room at the Central Hanover Bank and Trust branch at 5th Avenue and 60th Streets

Carnegie Trust Co. New York
Carnegie Trust Co. Entrance to the Carnegie Trust Co. at 115 Broadway; marble walls and gothic groin vaults visible

Broadway Savings Bank, New York
Banks, Broadway Savings Bank. Broadway Savings Institution; people on sidewalk, adjacent buildings partly visible, including Underwood Typewriter building. Date: 1907

Bowery Savings Bank. Main banking room at the Bowery Savings Bank, on the Bowery

Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London
Street scene outside the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, City of London, on a busy day

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

High Street and Lloyds Bank, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the High Street, including Lloyds Bank, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force

Iraqi bank official with a large safe, Iraq
An Iraqi bank official with a large safe, somewhere in Iraq

Ruins in Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
View of ruins and pillars in the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy. This was the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed

North side of Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
View towards the north side of the Roman Forum, or Forum Romanum, in Rome, Italy, with sightseers walking through. The Forum was the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

Post Office Savings Bank
A coal carter opening an account with Her Majesty at the Post Office Savings Bank. In 1861 the Palmerston government set up the Post Office Savings Bank

A Sovereign Remedy
John Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920

Will it Come to This
A possible scenario due to the falling value of the pound against the dollar in 1920. A brashly dressed cigar-smoking American changes a dollar at a bank and when asked how he would like it, replies

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

A Gentle Reminder
The Dollar: Say, you two guys are looking a bit chippy; whats happened? The Sovereign & the Franc: Oh, just a bit of a scrap in France, old son: had you forgotten

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

Local Government Board Offices, Whitehall, London
A view of the Local Government Boards headquarters, at the junction of Great George Street and Parliament Street, Central London

Railway Sleeper - Kings Cross Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing tramp at Kings Cross Station dreaming of wealth as he clutches a copy of the Financial Times. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Exchange (Bourse) at Alexandria, Egypt, with wonderful sunshade awnings and a fine colonade front

Speculation, 1845
The Railway Mania sets off a wave of speculation throughout Britain : disreputable people from the streets set themselves up as financial prospectors

Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937)
Photograph of (James) Ramsey MacDonald, the Scottish Labour Statesman, pictured making a radio broadcast on 7th October 1931

An Underground Drinking Cellar, San Francisco, 1884
Engraving showing an underground drinking cellar with, in the background, a stock index board marked on the wall, San Francisco, 1884

British Financial Crisis
France agrees to help with Britain financial crisis, but on her own terms. Britain was forced to abandon the Gold Standard in 1931

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