About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0055
  • TitleCorner stone of the new Central Courts Bldg., State & Schermerhorn Sts
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0034), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six men standing on platform in front of newly erected Central Courts Building for laying of cornerstone; behind them large slabe inscribed "THIS STONE WAS SET BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN"; two other men at side of platform, one of them holding cornerstone; 0055 mirror image of 0034, with inscription on slab reading backwards; recto has number for each man on platfrom, identified on verso of 0055 as: (1) Peter J. Collins (2) Frank [Collins], architects (3) Boro Pres. Hesterberg (4) Wm Kennedy Jr, Builder (5) Public Works Com. Peter A. Carey (6) Dept. of Bldgs John P. Flanagan.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0055. On verso of 0055: date inscribed: Oct. 21/31. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Government: Judiciary: Central Building