About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0007
  • TitleCrow Hill Penitentiary
  • SummaryFacade of Kings County Penitentiary, also known as Crow Hill Penitentiary, a large brick fortress, between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue and between President Street and Crown Street, with unpaved road and section of wood fence in foreground. Note: It was demolished in 1902.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectPrisons -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 1