About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0188
  • TitleDome lifting
  • SummaryAerial view from left of scaffolding covering dome of neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); partial view of facade, showing rusticated base and second floor porch with Corinthian columns upholding pediment. Caption: "Dome Lifting: As soon as fabrication of metal plates, etc., has been completed, workmen will swarm over this scaffolding to strengthen and beautify the dome of the antiquated Supreme Court Building . . . ".
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 14, 1941; "Eagle Staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectScaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Domes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Government: Judiciary: Kings County Supreme Court: 1865 Courthouse: Renovations