About This Item

  • TitleHotel Margaret
  • Call NumberNEIG_1428
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1427), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views in different sizes. Caption (1427): "The 55-year-old Hotel Margaret, 95 Columbia Heights, was selected for preservation by the Municipal Art Society because of its architectural significance as the first tall building to go up on Brooklyn Heights." Inscription (1428): "[Place on sidewalk marked with white cross] where Mrs. Matilda Lowenstein fell at the Hotel Margaret."
  • Date1929, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso (1427): date stamped: May 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 1428: date inscribed: April 23/29. Title from caption on verso of 1427.
  • SubjectHotels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.