About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1396
  • TitleGoing, going
  • SummaryTwo-story, white, wood-frame house with small colonnade entrance, several trees on lawn, portion of building on each side, and wood fence in foreground. Caption: "Going, going, and soon to be gone is this old landmark, the Voorhees house at 1878 Coney Island Ave. Built in 1868, it will be demolished to make way for a business structure."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 13, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFences ; Historic buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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: Gravesend: Homes: Voorhees