About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0080
  • TitleFountain at Bedford & Division Ave
  • SummaryAerial view of a large crowd gathered for the dedication ceremony of a memorial fountain (no longer extant) in Williamsburg; military personnel with cannon standing before basin of fountain; reviewing stand in foreground; some pedestrians watching from rooftops in background. Caption on verso: "Scene at the dedication exercises yesterday for the newly renovated fountain at Bedford and Division Aves."
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On caption: "World Wide Photo." On verso: date inscribed: Oct 21/35. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorWorld Wide Photos, Inc. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectFountains -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Memorials: Fountain at Bedford & Division Ave