About This Item

  • Title[General George Washington unveiled]
  • Call NumberBANK_0222
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up view of a bas relief sculpture of George Washington, at the South Brooklyn Savings and Loan Association, with the inscription, "Near this placed during the Revolutionary War stood the Ponkiesberg Fortification from which General George Washington is said to have observed the fighting at Gowanus during the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776. Erected in 1926 by the South Brooklyn Savings Institution." The location of this bank is unknown.
  • Date1926
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Aug. 28/26. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectWashington, George, 1732-1799 ; Relief (Sculpture) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.