About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0901
  • TitlePigtown
  • SummarySection of Flatbush known as Pigtown with several rundown wooden houses, laundry hanging on line, and snow-covered yard in foreground.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and cutout partially at top. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 20, 1916; Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectHouses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Neighborhoods