About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1024
  • TitleCortelyou house
  • SummaryCortelyou house in Fort Hamilton, a two-story, wood-frame house with three dormer windows and colonnade entrance, wood fence along front, three large trees in yard, portions of two buildings in right background, and several pedestrians in left foreground and background.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 3/1946. On verso: "Cortelyou (Simon) house." On verso: "New Utrecht Booklet." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Homes: Cortelyou house