About This Item

  • TitleEastern Parkway and water tower, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Call NumberPOST_0225
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of large water tower near site of present library at Grand Army Plaza; horses and carriages and pedestrians on plaza and street in foreground; Eastern Parkway (with no apartment buildings as yet built) receding into distance at left.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Correspondence on verso; postmark: Feb. 4, 1908.
  • PublisherRotograph Co., N[ew] Y[ork] City
  • SubjectWater towers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.