About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0804
  • TitleBirthplace of Walt Whitman
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0805), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two exterior views, in different sizes, of the shingled home in West Hills, Long Island, where Walt Whitman was born. The images are not dated.
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0804.
  • SubjectWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 ; Poets, American -- 19th century ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- West Hills
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationWest Hills (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: Portraits: Whitman, Walt: Birthplace