About This Item

  • Call NumberOGDE_0040
  • TitleJohn H. Ditmas House, Flatbush & Ditmas Avenues
  • SummaryTwo or three-story, wooden-frame house with portico, mostly obscured by large shade tress on street and lawn; small ivy-covered shed or outhouse at left; paved street with manhole cover in foregound.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." On verso: date inscribed: July 20, 1914. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderOgden: Folder 5