About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0607
  • TitleBorough Hall section
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0608), some of which may also be described in this new record; Section of Borough Hall area of Downtown Brooklyn with small park in foreground with statue of Henry Ward Beecher and many men sitting on park benches and several others standing, trolley car and street light on right, and several moving automobiles, several commercial buildings, subway in elevated station, billboard ("Brooklyn Savings Bank") in background, and Brooklyn Eagle building in background.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Max Hubacher" embossed on bottom right. On verso: date inscribed: June 16, 1939; photographer's name inscribed. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorPerry
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 ; Billboards ; Parks ; Pedestrians ; Statues ; Subways ; Railroads, Elevated
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Borough Hall Section