About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0740
  • TitleYe olde town of Flatbush
  • SummaryMap with copy in insert in upper right corner: "Ye olde town of Flatbush. the present site of the Flatbush branch of the National City Bank ws the center of the life of the whole county from 1685 to 1832. Twenty years after the founding of the City Bank, the jail, the pillory and the whipping post clustered about the old Reformed Dutch Church were features of this neighborhood.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsmaps (documents)photographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 26/32; "Eagle photo." On verso: "Map done in colors on display in the Nat. City Bank branch at Flatbush & Church Ave." Title from copy on recto.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectHistoric sites
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Education