About This Item


  • Call NumberOGDE_0073
  • TitleWyckoff House, built 1664
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (OGDE 0070), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two nearly identical views of one and a half-story wooden-frame and shingle house in state of disrepair, possibly in Canarsie; unpaved road in foreground; barrels, boxes, crates, wash basins, and other debris scattered throughout; 0070 shows line of washing at far left wavering in the wind; 0073 shows washing hanging more limply.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0070. On verso of 0070: date inscribed: July 26, 1914. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceCanarsie (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderOgden: Folder 8