About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0031
  • TitleWood-Harmon site, 47 acres
  • SummaryAerial photograph of large, residential section of Flatbush, Brooklyn, with clearing in center; inscription, "Wood-Harmon site, 47 acres," written over clearing. Caption: "Air view of the Wood-Harmon tract in Flatbush which has been recommended by City Planning Commissioner Sullivan as the site for new $13,000,000 Brooklyn College. It is bounded by Ocean Ave. on the west, an irregular line between Avenues G and H on the north, Nostrand Ave. on the east and the Bay Ridge division of the L.I.R.R. on the south."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 3/31; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorAirmap Corporation of America [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn College ; Building sites -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Schools: Adult: Brooklyn College: Buildings: General