About This Item


  • Call NumberGOVT_0164
  • Title[Kings County Courthouse on rainy day]
  • SummaryView from right of domed, neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); pedestrians with umbrellas at left; parked automobiles at right; girders or structural supports for elevated rail at far left.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 15, 1939. Top portion of print cropped to form a dome; portion of print at bottom cut out to form a dome-like vacancy.
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Domes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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: Kings County Supreme Court: 1865 Courthouse: General