About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2137
  • TitleNaval Lyceum and Commandant's office
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2142), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two renderings, in different sizes, of a three-story, masonry building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Originally the Brooklyn Naval Lyceum (2142) which disbanded in 1888, it presumably later became the Commandant's office (2137). 2137 includes Commandant's residence partially visible in left background and 2142, not dated, includes five soldiers and horse-drawn carriage in foreground.
  • Date[18--?], 1910
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCaption below image, 2137: "The Commandant's office;" 2142: inscription below image: "Naval Lyceum." 2137: on verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 13, 1910; Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Naval Lyceum (New York, N.Y.) ; New York Naval Shipyard
  • 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: Brooklyn Navy Yard: Buildings