About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1006
  • Title[Schenck homestead living room]
  • SummaryCaption: "One of the rooms [living room] of the Schenck homestead which is preserved in Prospect Park today;" fireplace with logs on andirons, three plates and two candles over fireplace, three straight chairs with caned seats, decorative box on small wood table, built-in china cabinet, 1 framed picture, and large cabinet with two ceramic jars and plate on top. Note: house originally located in Canarsie Park, Flatlands, built before 1775, and remodeled about 1800.
  • Date[1938?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct. 16/40; Brooklyn Museum stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Museum
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFireplaces ; Historic buildings ; Living room furniture ; Living rooms
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Flatlands: Homes: Schenck house (Canarsie Park)