About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0005
  • TitleAmphion Theatre
  • SummaryView of the demolition of the Amphion Theatre, which opened in 1880, located at 437 Bedford Avenue. Typed caption above image on recto: "The final performance at the historic Amphion Theatre was staged by WPA demolition crews in 1941."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption above image on recto.
  • SubjectDemolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Motion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Theatres: Amphion Theatre