About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0679
  • TitleColony House
  • SummaryView of cornerstone laying ceremony at Colony House located at 297 Dean Street. Pictured left to right in foreground are James J. Byrne, Mrs. John L. Swan and Mrs. A. H. Fraser. Man standing in far right foreground is unidentified.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: June 15/29; "Eagle photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectColony House (New York, N.Y.) ; Cornerstone laying -- New York (State) -- New York ; Settlements -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Social settlements -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (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: Social welfare: Settlement houses: Colony House: Building