About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0234
  • Title[Main Building at Pratt Institute at 4:34]
  • SummaryMain Building at Pratt Institute, viewed from oblique angle, with clock on central tower reading 4:06; mother and daughter sitting on bench in foreground; leafy trees on campus grounds in foreground. Caption: "Main building of Pratt Institute at 215 Ryerson St., as seen from Pratt Park. This was the first building erected by the Institute and it was here that the first classes were held on Oct. 17, 1887."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 26, 1941. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPratt Institute ; Romanesque revival (Architecture) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Adult: Pratt Institute: Buildings: Main