About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0170
  • TitleOld homestead
  • SummaryFacade of three-story house with dormer and shuttered windows, portion of two parked automobiles in foreground, and portions of adjoining houses on both sides. Caption: "Old homestead--This clapboard house at 135 Joralemon St. was chosen by the Municipal Art Society as a structure which should be preserved because it is typical of the architectural style in homes built all over Brooklyn around 1800. The cast iron porch is also one of the best existent examples of the porches that were added around the middle of the century."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 6, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Joralemon Street