About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2335
  • TitleNew Washington memorial
  • SummaryCaption: "New Washington memorial--Recalling that in the hectic days of the Revolution the only road south of what is now Fulton St. to Red Hook was Red Hook Lane and an Indian trail, and that this route was followed in the evaculation of his army by General Washington on Aug. 29, 1776, after the Battle of Brooklyn, [a] plaque was unveiled today. Gift of the Manufacturers Trust Company to Brooklyn, it is mounted on the Pearl St. side of the bank's Fulton St. branch, where Red Hook Lane began. Left to right: Charles T. Metcalf, branch manager, Mrs. Metcalf, Borough Historian James A. Kelly and Frank G. Nash, assistant secretary of the bank."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 22, 1952. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWashington, George, 1732-1799 ; Plaques [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (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: Red Hook: Neighborhoods