About This Item

  • TitleHope of reprieve looms
  • Call NumberNEIG_0460
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of small, three-story wood-frame house with attached shed (?) on Jamaica Avenue near Cleveland Street with sidewalk with several benches in foreground, lamp on post on left, and large trees on both sides. Caption: "Hope of reprieve looms--The old Schenck House, historic landmark in Highland park, which may be saved from demolition through the offer of a Schenck heir to buy and move it to a new location."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 12, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBenches ; Historic buildings ; Dwellings [lctgm] ; Lamps ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (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.