About This Item

  • TitleBorough Hall
  • Call NumberNEIG_2268
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySection of Borough Hall area of Downtown Brooklyn; plaza area in foreground with street lamp on far left and fountain in center, several parked horse-drawn carriages, and several commercial/residential buildings and telephone poles in background. Rooftop signs on right: "Lafayette Fire Insurance Co.," "Grand Municipal Hotel," and "Engeman Brothers, Oysters, Dining, Saloon."
  • Date[1880?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: ca. 1880. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHorse-drawn vehicles ; Hotels ; Plazas ; Street lighting
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.