About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2275
  • TitleView of the house of Simon Aertsen De Hart
  • SummaryLithograph of house of Simon Aertsen (or Aesen) De Hart in Sunset Park with fence-enclosed large field in foreground, horse-drawn wagon on road, large, four-story house at end of road, several trees and several boats in Gowanus Bay in background.
  • Date1867
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printslithographsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: printed below image: "View of the house of Simon Aertsen De Hart, still standing on Gowanus Bay in 1867." Title from caption on recto.
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Houses [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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: Sunset Park: Homes: De Hart or Bergen house