About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0094
  • Title[Star burlesque theater]
  • SummaryView from left of theater that stood at Jay and Fulton Streets (razed in 1948), with fire escape over facade and pointed roof; two-sided marquee reads, "STAR Burlesque"; three-sided marquee for another burlesque theater at left; large vertical sign on right of theater reads, "BURLESK"; adjacent paint store at right with sign reading, "ATLANTIC WHITE LEAD"; wooden barrier and debris along street in foreground, possibly as a result of subway construction.
  • Date1908
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: 1/28/08.
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Marquees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Theatres: Star Theatre