About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0490
  • TitleCyclorama
  • SummaryCaption: "Cyclorama--Henry C. Roth of 137 Warner Ave., Hempstead, 85, and a retired artist, obliges with this sketch of the old Cyclorama [depicting the Battle of Gettysburg] which one -- about 1879, accoding to his best recollection -- stood opposite Borough Hall (then the city Hall). shown at the left is the old County Court, our present day Supreme Court building. At the right, of course, is Court St. The horse-car in the foreground depicts one of the Willoughby St. cars."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printssketches
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCycloramas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
  • 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: Downtown Brooklyn: Cyclorama