About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0075
  • Title[Oxford Theater]
  • SummaryExterior view of the Oxford Theater located at 552 State Street. It was originally a vaudeville theater, then, later, a movie theater. It is not known when the theater opened, but it was destroyed by fire on July 14, 1951.
  • Date1910
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 9, 1910; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectMotion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Theatres: Oxford Theater