About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1379
  • TitleOld burying ground
  • SummaryPortion of old Gravesend cemetery with large building in background, large tree on each side and plaque in far left foreground with inscription, "In memory of the volunteer firemen of Gravesend ..." Caption: "Looking across the old burying ground toward Neck Rd. and the Gravesend Village Square with the Lady Moody House and P.S. 95 in the background;" .
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 27, 1946; on caption: "Eagle photo." On verso: "Photo used in B'klyn Historical Supplement of Eagle & Booklet." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCemeteries ; Elementary schools ; Plaques [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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: Gravesend: Cemetery