About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0114
  • TitleTomb of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
  • SummaryCaption: "Tomb of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument [in Fort Greene Park, with inscription on front, "Antechamber to the tomb"] as restored by Benjamin Romaine in 1839." The present monument was erected in 1909.
  • Date[190-?], 1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped on caption: Aug. 16, 1942. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPrison Ship Martyrs Monument (New York, N.Y.) ; Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Parks: Fort Greene Park: Prison Ship Martyrs Monument