About This Item

  • TitleSchenck House, Jamaica Avenue & Cleveland Street, built 1705
  • Call NumberOGDE_0055
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryOne and a half-story house with shuttered windows and hanging eave; front facade (left) of stucco, right side of shingles; gravel path curving around house; bushes and shade trees throughout; empty field in left background.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: August 2, 1914. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (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.