About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0922
  • TitleOld Emmons homestead
  • SummaryFacade of Emmons homestead, a small, two-story, wood-frame (shingle) house in Flatlands with barn on left and large field in foreground.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: "Johannes Emmons homestead where British troops are said to have lodged." Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Flatlands: Homes: Emmons