About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0245
  • TitleOld Heights homestead
  • SummaryCaption: "Old Heights homestead--The Municipal Art Society selected this old brick house at the corner of Willow and Orange Sts. for preservation as a borough landmark of great local importance;" parked automobile and tree in foreground, attached house on far left, street (and other) signs in right foreground, and parked automobile and residential buildings in right background.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 29, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: "H. J. Szold." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Brick houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Brooklyn Heights: Willow Street