About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0041
  • TitleProspect Hill reservoir
  • SummaryTwo-story masonry building with projecting portico atop bare hill on site of present Mount Prospect Park; stairway leading from sidewalk to building; unpaved road (present Flatbush Avenue) and sidewalk saplings in foreground.
  • Date[187-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on cardboard backing beneath image. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Dirt roads ; Hills [lctgm] ; Reservoirs
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderGeorge Brainerd photograph collection ; Folder: Brooklyn series