About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0312
  • TitleCrooke-Schenck House
  • SummaryCaption: "On September 17, 1905, Nash took this picture of the rear of the Crooke-Schenck house showing both wings." Wood and shingle partially vine-covered two-story house with dormer window; lawn and several trees. (House was built in 1675 and was located at 2133 East 63rd Street in Flatlands when it was moved to Brooklyn Museum in 1952.).
  • Date1905, published 1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Sept. 17, 1905; date stamped; oct. 13, 1946. On verso: "Crookes-Schenk house, Crookes Road off Avenue N, Flatlands." On verso: "used in Flatlands Historical Booklet & Eagle Supplement." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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: Canarsie: Homes: Crooke-Schenck House