About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_2256
  • Title[Borough Hall clock]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2255), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images. Caption (2256): "Custodian Daniel Phelan displays the fallen hour [XI] ..." 2255: "The Borough Hall clock couldn't go on without its 11th hour, so it stopped dead at 10 p.m. ..."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Tower clocks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown 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: Borough Hall: Building: Exterior: Clock and tower