About This Item

  • Call NumberTHEA_0027
  • Title[The Folly]
  • SummaryView of theater with large corner turret on Graham Avenue and Debevoise Street in Williamsburg (razed in 1949); title of current attraction in lights ("LOTTIE WILLIAMS MY TOM BOY GIRL") surrounded by three signs with theater name; pedestrians on sidewalk and road, some looking into camera; utility pole in front of theater on corner. Caption: "The Folly Theater back in 1906, when Lottie Williams was playing a 'matinee today' performance of 'My Tom Boy Girl.'".
  • Date1906
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Sep 13, 1953. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: The Folly (Grand Avenue)