About This Item

  • TitleKings County Supreme Court House
  • Call NumberGOVT_0161
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0162), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nearly identical aerial views from right of domed, neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); adjacent neo-classical Hall of Records (also demolished) at left; streetcar wires and pedestrians on street in foreground.
  • Date[1935?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on rectos. On versos: photographer's stamp; conflicting dates inscribed and stamped. Copy 2 of 0161 retouched, with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSomach Photo Service
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Domes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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.