About This Item

  • TitleLitchfield Mansion
  • Call NumberPOST_0250
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Eagle Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Litchfield Villa, also known as Litchfield Mansion, located in Prospect Park at Prospect Park West and 5th Street. Image includes snow-covered lawn in foreground. Built in 1857, it was originally the home of Edwin C. Litchfield. Caption on front: Brooklyn Eagle Postcard Series 1, no. 1.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto.
  • SubjectLitchfield Villa ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Snow -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Eagle Postcard collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.