About This Item


  • Call NumberTHEA_0021
  • TitleDe Kalb Theatre
  • SummaryInterior view of the De Kalb Theatre located on De Kalb Avenue near Broadway. Typed caption on verso: "Proscenium curtain and boxes of the De Kalb Theatre, 1911." Originally a vaudeville theater, it, presumably, later became a movie theater.
  • Date1911
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: inscription: "Brooklyn Eagle;" date typed: 1911. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectMotion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stages (Platforms) -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Theatres: De Kalb Theatre