About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0753
  • TitleJ. Birdsall house
  • SummaryFacade of two-story shingle house with shuttered windows, wood fence along front, and trees on both sides. Caption: "The J. Birdsall house, built about 1800, was on the west side of Flatbush Ave. about opposite Fenimore St. This is how it looked in September, 1903. Known also as the Murphy house."
  • Date1903, published 1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: 1903; date stamped: Oct. 20, 1946; New-York Historical Society (photographer?) stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorNew-York Historical Society
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFences ; Historic buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Homes: T. Birdsall