About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0038
  • Title[Central Courts Building at 120 Schermerhorn Street nearing completion]
  • SummaryAerial view of Renaissance-style court building in Brooklyn Heights; scaffolding at lower level with sign reading "WILLIAM KENNEDY, CONSTRUCTION CO., BUILDERS"; workers digging trench in foreground; construction debris and equipment throughout.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Lettering on recto: Brooklyn Central Court Building, Collins & Collins, Architects, June 15th, 1931. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorCollins and Collins
  • SubjectCollins and Collins ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Government: Judiciary: Central Building