About This Item

  • TitleMartense house
  • Call NumberBRAI_0004
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of Martense house, a large, white, wood-frame house with window shutters at Church Avenue and Chester Avenue with several trees, wood fence along front, and gravel road in foreground. Note: location is uncertain as other photographs of same house list address as Flatbush Avenue and Martense Street.
  • Date1877
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from inscriptions on cardboard backing below image. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectHistoric buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Houses -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.