About This Item

  • TitleOld building of Prospect Park YMCA
  • Call NumberRUTT_0027
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo vacant buildings of Prospect Park Branch of YMCA; building on left has three stories, front porch, and sign, "Building campaign office" and building on right has two stories, is brick, and has "Y.M.C.A. Gymnasium" in raised letters above entrance; sign on pole between buildings: "Concentrating on the new building campaign; other Association activities temporarily suspended;" boy standing on sidewalk on left, cobblestone street in foreground, and portion of three-story masonry building on far right.
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: typed caption: "Old building of Prospect Park Branch Y.M.C.A., closed October, 1923." and "Rutter" printed in white ink in lower right corner.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectYoung Men's Christian associations -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.