About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0166
  • TitlePicked for preservation
  • SummaryFacades of two four-story brownstone houses; iron fence in front, street lamp pole and fire hydrant in left foreground, and portion of parked automobile in right foreground. Caption: "Picked for preservation--the simple bare facades of these multiple dwellings at 131 and 135 Hicks st. were marked by the Municipal Art Society for preservation as important links in the architectural history of the borough."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrownstone 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
  • 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: Brooklyn Heights: Hicks Street