About This Item
- TitleCortelyou House
- Call NumberBRAI_0011
- Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryTwo-story wooden house in Flatbush with four large Ionic columns supporting blacony at roof line; bare trees and other wooden houses along street in background; man on ladder propped against tree in left background; fence around house; unpaved road in foreground.
- Date1877
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle and date from inscription on cardboard backing beneath 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]
- SubjectWooden-frame houses ; Historic buildings
- 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.