About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1454
  • TitleSt. George Hotel ballroom
  • SummaryCaption: "Startling demonstation was staged last night in ballroom of the St. Goerge Hotel [located on Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights], when engineers transformed the room into a cathedral of color by means of a 'color organ' (seen in far background). Approximately 12,500 different color combinations flooded the room at 15-second intervals. ..."
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: Jan. 10/30. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectHotel St. George (New York, N.Y.) ; Ballrooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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
  • 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: Hotels: Hotel St. George