About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0209
  • TitleHeights street
  • SummaryRow of houses in Brooklyn Heights; second house from left has fire escape; iron fence and gate,v fire hydrant, sign ("Shipping line only, no parking"), tree, and pedestrian (woman wearing hat and fur coat) in foreground; several other pedestrians and parked automobile in background. Caption: "A typical Brooklyn Heights street with its familiar three-story brick-and-brownstone buildings and the ever-present iron railings."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Jan. 28, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrick houses ; Brownstone buildings ; Hydrants ; Pedestrians
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Miscellaneous