About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0051
  • TitleFor a safer courthouse
  • SummaryFive men in suits, probably in court building at 120 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights, examining blueprint held against wall. Caption: "FOR A SAFER COURTHOUSE: Engineers from the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Works schedule changes in blueprints of Brooklyn's 'sieve-like' Central Courts Building while Judge Leibowitz, second from right, indicates what's wrong with the structure."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 17, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Blueprints -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Government: Judiciary: Central Building