About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0139
  • TitleUnveiling of new tablet on Fulton Memorial
  • SummaryCrowd milling about memorial statue of Robert Fulton, seen atop pedestal with "FULTON" inscribed on base; three boys in foreground (one holding bicycle) looking up into camera; rowhouses and leafy trees in background. Caption on verso: "Right, the statue of Robert Fulton, 'Father of the Steamboat,' in Fulton Park upon which a tablet was unveiled by the Society of Old Brooklynites."
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 10/32. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectFulton, Robert, 1765-1815 -- Statues ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Memorials: Robert Fulton Statue