About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0050
  • TitleThis is Kings County court
  • SummaryThree men on stairway of court building at 120 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. Caption: "THIS IS KINGS COUNTY COURT: Prisoner is escorted up public stairway in Central Courts Building while unidentified man comes up from the lower floor. This is typical of conditions which Judge Leibowitz has declared to be an invitation to a jail-break."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 16, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stairs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Prisoners -- 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