About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0539
  • TitleNew York Board of Fire Underwriters certificate approving Edison Electric Illuminating Company's electrical equipment.
  • SummaryCorrespondence from Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn with certificate from the New York Board of Fire Underwriters approving electrical work on 24 8th Avenue, premises of M.L. Towns.
  • Date1896-11-09
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genrecertificatesletters (correspondence)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date from donor. Original photograph, [dimensions unknown], digitized on March 6, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Gretchen VanEsselstyn at Green-Wood Cemetery. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • CreatorEdison Electric Illuminating Co. of Brooklyn
  • SubjectElectricity ; New York Board of Fire Underwriters
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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