About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1235
  • TitlePutting up Old Glory on largest building of B'klyn
  • SummaryAerial view: American flag (closeup) flying from tall building on the corner of Court Street and Remsen Street; many commercial and residential buildings in background.
  • Date1917
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Eagle photo" printed in gold ink in lower left. On verso: dates stamped: Oct. 31, 1917 and Nov., 1917; Eagle stamp. On verso: "Court and Remsen Bldg." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectFlags
  • 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
  • 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: Brooklyn Heights: Court Street