About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0232
  • Title[Two birdhouses]
  • SummaryTwo rough-hewn birdhouses, one on top conical, with rounded roof, one on bottom semi-rectangular, with pitched roof. Caption on verso: "In the above picture on the left [i.e. top or bottom] is the birdhouse made by Leighton Havens of Southampton, and on the right [i.e. bottom or top] the skill of William Henning of Stony Brook is displayed. Both boys were awarded gold medals in the Eagle Birdhouse Building Contest."
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTwo photographic images cut out and superimposed on board with painted border; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 7, 1916; Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Birdhouses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Contests