About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0788
  • TitleCaptain Cornelius Vanderveer house
  • SummaryFacade of large, two-story, wood-frame house with window shutters, partially hidden by trees and bushes; front lawn in foreground with lawn swing between two trees. Caption: "Vanderveer's place is still on the map as Vanderveer Pl. east side of Flatbush Ave., between Dorchester Rd. and Ditmas Ave."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "The Captain Cornelius Vanderveer Homestead, erected 1787" typeset below image. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 20, 1946. On verso: "Published in Brooklyn Historical Supplement of the B'klyn Eagle." Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Swings ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Homes: Vanderveer house