About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0224
  • TitleLitchfield Mansion
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0225, PARK 0227, PARK 0226, PARK 0228), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in three different sizes, of Litchfield Mansion, sometimes known as Litchfield Villa, located in Prospect Park at Prospect Park West and 5th Street. Built in 1857, it was originally the home of Edwin C. Litchfield. Two of the images are not dated.
  • Date[18--?]-1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0226 and 0227 are identical. 0224: 5 x 8 in; 0225: 6 x 8 in. Title from caption on verso of 0227.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLitchfield Villa ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Parks: Prospect Park