About This Item


  • Call NumberLEWI_0019
  • TitleBrighton Beach Hotel
  • SummaryFacade of Brighton Beach Hotel, a large five-story building with long porch, two cupolas and three turrets; sign in far right foreground: "Danger, board walk closed."
  • Date1913
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1913. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorLewis, H. S. [photographer]
  • SubjectHotels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsH. S. Lewis photograph collection, 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.
  • FolderH. S. Lewis photograph collection