About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0110
  • Title[General George W. Goethals' birthplace]
  • SummaryFacade of two-story clapboard house with basement: birthplace of General George W. Goethals, State Street.
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped into black-outlined circle;. On cardboard backing below image: date inscribed: Oct. 5/24. On recto: "Birth place of Gen. Goethals" printed in black ink in black-outlined scroll below image. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectGoethals, George W. (George Washington), 1858-1928 ; Dwellings ; Historic buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, 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: Brooklyn Heights: Homes: Goethals, George W. (birthplace)