About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0177
  • Title[Heavily retouched image of Kings County Courthouse]
  • SummaryView from right of domed, neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); pedestrians in foreground; whimsical retouching shows supports, cracks, seams, etc., as if to suggest imminent collapse or haunted house.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 16, 1915; Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Domes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, 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.
  • FolderFolder: Government: Judiciary: Kings County Supreme Court: 1865 Courthouse: Renovations