About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0168
  • TitleReformed Dutch Church of Flatbush
  • SummaryFacade (portion, partially vine-covered) and steeple of Flatbush (First) Reformed Church, Flatbush Avenue and Church Avenue, with several parked automobiles on both sides of street, portion of trolley car, and large, commercial building on opposite side of street. Caption: "The year 1937 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Erasmus Hall. This is the oldest secondary school in the State and was founded as an adacemy of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush. (Original church in foreground.) Original Erasmus Hall Academy Building, erected 1787, is still in use."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate and title from typewritten label on verso. On verso: "B'klyn Eagle."
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectErasmus Hall ; Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church (Flatbush, New York, N.Y.) ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reformed church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Churches: Flatbush First Reformed Church