About This Item


  • Call NumberGOVT_0175
  • TitleSupreme Court flagpole
  • SummaryTwo workers adjusting or installing sculputral eagle or hawk atop flagpole of Kings County Courthouse (not seen) on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (courthouse subsequently demolished); portions of Borough Hall and Temple Bar building in background.
  • Date1920
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: July 29/20. Retouched and collaged.
  • SubjectFlagpoles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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: Government: Judiciary: Kings County Supreme Court: 1865 Courthouse: General