About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0375
  • TitleMollie Fancher
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0377), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Mollie Fancher, Brooklyn's famous invalid, sometimes known as the "Brooklyn Enigma," lying in bed. She remained in bed for fifty years.
  • Date1915, 1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn recto of 0377: "Photo by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y." printed in lower right. On verso: Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectFancher, Mary J., b. 1848 ; Invalids -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Portraits: Fancher, Mollie