About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0679
  • TitleSchermerhorn Street
  • SummaryRendering (drawing): four horse-drawn sleighs with passengers and group of men (perhaps grooms or coachmen) wearing uniforms and carrying riding crops. Caption: "Schermerhorn Street, as remembered by Harry C. Roth, in 1888 was the show place for swanky sleighs and trappings."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "H. C. Roth, '54" written in pencil in lower right corner. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 5, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHorse-drawn vehicles ; Sleighs
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Renderings