About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0806
  • Title[Walt Whitman birthplace plaque]
  • SummaryClose-up view of marble plaque, "To Mark the Birthplace of Walt Whitman, The Good Gray Poet, Born May 31, 1819. Erected by the Colonial Society of Huntington in 1905." Image also includes sign attached to wood shingled building in background, "Walt Whitman's homestead at auction, West Hills, L. I., Sat'day, Nov. 13,'11."
  • Date1911
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 ; Plaques -- New York -- Huntington [lctgm] ; Poets, American -- 19th century
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationHuntington (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: Portraits: Whitman, Walt: Birthplace marker