About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0122
  • Title[Statue of Henry Ward Beecher framed against Borough Hall]
  • SummaryPedestrians sittting or standing in sun on plaza before Brooklyn Borough Hall; statue of Henry Ward Beecher by John Quincy Adams Ward seen from behind in right foreground, facing Borough Hall; one man sitting in shade on pedestal; clock on tower of Borough Hall reads 2:57.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: June 28 1954 ; Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn 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 ; Plazas -- 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
  • 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: Memorials: Henry Ward Beecher