About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0066
  • TitleMontauk Theater
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (THEA 0103), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical views, in different sizes, of the interior of the Montauk Theater, located at 585-587 Fulton Street, before being razed in 1940. Image shows portions of orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony, and elaborate, gilded box seats in the far right foreground. 0103 is not dated.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0103. Date inscribed on verso of 0066: Jan. 11/40. 0066 is cropped and retouched.
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Loges (Theaters) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Theatres: Montauk Theatre