1903 Print New York Clearing House Chase Bank Gibson Manhattan Exchange NYV1 XGGC2 and the Rufousnecked Wood Rail

and the Rufousnecked Wood Rail (bottom)

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1903 Print New York Clearing House Chase Bank Gibson Manhattan Exchange NYV1 XGGC2 and the Rufousnecked Wood RailThis is an original 1903 black and white halftone print of the New York Clearing House on the north side of Cedar Street in Manhattan. Prior to its establishment in the mid 1800s, the exchange of checks to money was a tangled, difficult process which meant physically moving gold to and from a bank. The New York Clearing House provided a communal point of congregation and greatly simplified the process. R. W. Gibson was the architect who designed the