About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0100
  • Title[Paramount Theatre]
  • SummaryExterior view of the Paramount Theatre located at 385 Flatbush Avenue. It opened in 1928. It was bought in 1960 by Long Island University and converted into a gymnasium in 1962.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 17, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from sign on image on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Theatres: Paramount