Print, "Citibank cashier's check design", ca. 1975
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We acquired this object in 1997
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- Object ID: 18673127
- Accession Number: 1997-19-54
- Acquired: 1997
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2DGSt/
- Print, "Citibank cashier's check design", ca. 1975. Dan Friedman .ca. 1975. Photo offset lithography. Gift of Ken Friedman. 1997-19-54.
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- Designed by Dan Friedman
Design is split into roughly five horizontal lines/registers that running length of page. Top line consists of white text against black background. On left of top line is the text "Cashier's Check. On right, the Citibank logotype and logo. Second line contains, on left, the check number and, on right, adress information and in fraction form, "1-8/210." Third line contains space for writing above date, pay, dollars, and cents sections. The below line contains a line for writing above "Pay to the order of" text. Page bottom contains final two lines, the uppermost a signature line. Below left is check routing number. Printed behind document information is light gray rendering of five rows of Citibank logos that stream diagonally down from upper right.
This print is photo offset lithography.
It is inscribed Printed in white ink, upper left: Cashier’s Check; upper right: CITIBANK. Printed in red ink, upper left: 04512016. Printed in black ink, across upper center: PM Citibank/399 Park Avenue 1-8/New York, N.Y. 10022 210/Date Pay Dollars Cents/To the Order Of; lower right: Authorized Signature; lower left: 0451206 0210 0080 80989401.
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