About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_1023
  • TitleStatue of Lincoln
  • SummaryCaption: "Statue of Lincoln [standing on pedestal with right hand resting on portion of column] that graced the Flatbush porch [of late Supreme Court Justice William Donaldson Dickey] for 15 years. Miss Annie L. Dickey, his daughter, has given the statue to Abraham Lincoln High School [located at 2800 Ocean Parkway]."
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: April 29/32; "Eagle photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; Abraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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: Schools: Public: High schools: Abraham Lincoln: Namesake