About This Item

  • TitleJohannes Sprong house
  • Call NumberAUST_0406
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (AUST 0408, AUST 0409, AUST 0407, AUST 0417, AUST 0416, AUST 0415, AUST 0414, AUST 0413, AUST 0412, AUST 0411, AUST 0410, AUST 0418), some of which may also be described in this new record; Thirteen views of abandoned stone, shingle, and brick house on Fresh Meadow Road in Flushing, Queens; 0406 shows frontal view of stone facade; 0407 shows somewhat closer frontal view; 0408 shows angled view from right, with three leafy trees in front of house; 0409 shows slightly more distant angled view from right; 0410 shows angled view from right, with large tree to right of center; 0411 shows angled view from left, with close view of hole in facade beneath roof line; 0412 shows frontal view, with man standing at left; 0413, 7 x 5 in.; shows angled view from left, with two men and boy standing in foreground; 0414, 7 x 5 in.; shows angled view from left, with no figures in foreground; 0415 shows angled view from left, with large tree left or center; 0416 shows dilapidated side of house, with shingled gable and brick foundation; 0417 shows angled view of back of house from left, with shingles rather than stone; 0418 shows angled view of back of house from right.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description13 photographic prints : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date (1905) from Austin Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectStone houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Abandoned houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceFlushing (New York, N.Y.)Queens (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.