SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2439), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two very similar views of a two-story clapboard house with sloping roof, columned porch, and dormer windows; paved walkway, and leafy trees on front lawn; wooden fence in foreground. Caption (2438): "Bennet[sic]-Wyckoff Homestead -- One of the few remaining examples of authentic early American architecture, dating back prior to 1766, is this clapboard homestead at 1669 E. 22d St. which the Municipal Art Society has selected for preservation." 2438 includes a mailbox attached to a lamppost in the foreground.
Note2438: grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; date stamped (2438): May 19, 1954; 2439: May 26, 1954. Title from caption on verso of 2438.
Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mailboxes -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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