About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0844
  • TitlePeter's dome to be demolished
  • SummaryCaption: "Peter's dome to be demolished--A.lthough the great dome of Peter's Tavern was only recently restored to its former splendor, it must fall before the wreckers' hammers when the building is razed to make room for the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Plaza." The location is unknown.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: Feb. 3, 1936. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorVon Urban
  • SubjectBars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ceilings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Restaurants: Peter's Tavern