About This Item


  • Call NumberMEMO_0119
  • TitleBeecher statue taken from the rear
  • SummaryStatue of Henry Ward Beecher (seen from rear) by John Quincy Adams Ward on plaza before Brooklyn Borough Hall; pedestrians walking past steps of Borough Hall in background; portion of fountain in left foreground.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov 14 1915; Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 -- Statues ; Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 ; Brooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Memorials: Henry Ward Beecher