About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1209
  • TitleCourt Street
  • SummarySection of Court Street with many pedestrians, many parked and moving vehicles, and high-rise commercial buildings on both sides of the street.
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 20, 1945; "Eagle staff photo." On verso: "Court St. on Eisenhauer [sic] Day; on the right is how Borough Hall's big business street looked yesterday while flags were flying elsewhere, including lower Broadway." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Streets
  • 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: Court Street