About This Item

  • Title[Irregulary cropped view of Kings County Courthouse]
  • Call NumberGOVT_0169
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view from right of domed, neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); adjacent neo-classical Hall of Records (also demolished) at left; parked automobiles in foreground; pedestrians and newsstand on sidewalk.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 6 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: March 26/34. Cropped on all four sides; top portion of print forms dome; right side cut out to form jagged angle.
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Domes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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.