About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0017
  • TitleT. De Witt Talmage's Tabernacle
  • SummaryView of Brooklyn Tabernacle, a large Presbyterian church also known as Talmage's Tabernacle, whose preacher was Thomas De Witt Talmage, 1832-1902, after being destroyed by fire; policeman standing in far right foreground and several men standing in front of building partially hidden by large tree.
  • Date1894
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "E. S. Thomson, Tabernacle during fire" printed in white ink on bottom. On verso: date inscribed: 1894. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 1