About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1666
  • TitleFirst house to be built at New Utrecht
  • SummaryDrawing. De Sille House, one-story stone house in rural setting in New Utrecht, enclosed by trees, hill, wooden fences, and well; two men on path in foreground; horse with carriage tied to hitching post at right. Caption: "Above is the first house to be built at New Utrecht, now the Fort Hamilton section."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 30/38. Title from caption on verso. Bottom left corner and most of top missing. Inscription on bottom right corner: "Lossing-Barritt."
  • SubjectStone houses ; Historic buildings ; Horse-drawn vehicles
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New Utrecht (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: New Utrecht: Houses: De Sille House