About This Item

  • TitleMedieval
  • Call NumberARM_0010
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (ARM 0014), some of which may also be described in this new record; Identical images, cropped differently, of castle-like armory with crenellated round tower at 1322 Bedford Avenuue in Crown Heights; 0010 (10 x 8 in.) shows full view of armory, with automobiles on street, bare trees, and lampposts in foreground; 0014 (12 x 7 in.) shows enlarged close-up, with street cut off at bottom, and men working on roof more visible. Caption on 0014: "MEDIEVAL: The 106th Infantry Armory at Bedford and Atlantic Aves. might well be a castle from the world of King Arthur with its ramparts and turrets. Formerly the 23d Regiment, the 106th was founded in 1862 and has gained acclaim in every war from the Indian to the present."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on 0014. Date stamped on verso of 0014: Jun. 11, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 0014 with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectArmories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Arsenals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.