About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0108
  • TitleCornerstone ceremonies
  • SummaryCornerstone ceremony for courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school). Caption: "Cornerstone Ceremonies: Mayor Wagner, second from right, unveils cornerstone of new $4,000,000 Domestic Relations Court Building at Johnson and Adams Sts. Left to right are Harrison Tweed, chairman of the Temporary Commission of the Courts; Senior Associate Judge Albert Conway of the State Court of Appeals; Presiding Justice John Warren Hill of the Domestic Relations Court, Borough President Cashmore, Mayor Wagner and Department of Public Works [sic] Frederic H. Zurmuhlen."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991 ; Tweed, Harrison, 1885-1969 ; Cashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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: Government: Judiciary: Domestic Relations