About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0009
  • TitleBrooklyn Theatre
  • SummaryEtching of Brooklyn Theatre located near the southeast corner of Washington Street and Johnson Street. Caption below image on recto: "Brooklyn Theatre, 1871, site of new Eagle Building." The building was destroyed by fire on December 5, 1876, and at least 278 lives were lost.
  • Date1871
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genreetchings (prints)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption below image on recto.
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Theatres: Brooklyn Theatre