About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2261
  • Title[Borough Hall bell and clock tower]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2214, NEIG 2262, NEIG 2260), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of Borough Hall's bell and clock tower.
  • Date1939, published 1941, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note2261: caption: "... Borough Hall clock ... was discovered wearing the hour 7 where the hour 6 ought to be. ..." Stamp on verso of 2214: "Photograph by Jules Geller;" 2260: "Photograph by Bernard Ravitz." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Bell towers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tower clocks -- 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: Borough Hall: Building: Exterior: Clock and tower