About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1749
  • TitleMurphy house
  • SummaryOne story wooden house with tiled roof, chimney, and leaning shutters; bare tree in yard; slat fence at front and sides; chickens pecking at left; bare ground, dirt road, and broken curb in foreground; other buildings, utility pole, and trees in background. Label on verso: "Eastern Parkway Opp. Franklin Ave, looking S. 1902, Murphy's house."
  • Date1902
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: 1902. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses ; Fences ; Chickens
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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: Crown Heights: Murphy House