About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0374
  • TitleMollie Fancher
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0376), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images: 0374 is a studio portrait of Mollie Fancher, Brooklyn's famous invalid, sometimes known as the "Brooklyn Enigma." She remained in bed for fifty years. 0376 is her house, a three-story brick building, located at 160 Gates Avenue.
  • Date[186-?], 1912
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectFancher, Mary J., b. 1848 ; Invalids -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Fancher, Mollie