About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0700
  • TitleHow it would be done
  • SummaryCaption: "How it would be done--How the line of converging Ditmas Ave. and E. 59th St. would be changed to preserve as a historic relic Wyckoff House, probably the oldest house in the country, is shown over one of the original split Dutch doors to the present tenant of the house, William Alfieras, by borough Historian James A. Kelly and Charles Reidel, borough engineer;" large document held over lower half of door by man inside house and two men (one wearing hat) outside; shingle siding on house; window on right with Venetian blinds.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDoors ; Historic buildings ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: East Flatbush: Homes: Peter Wyckoff House