About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0009
  • TitleInterior of men's detention pen
  • SummaryOlder man standing in profile against tiled wall in courthouse building on Adams Street and Myrtle Avenue (no longer extant) that also served as police station and prison; room otherwise bare except for wooden benches and booth.
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: March '22.
  • SubjectPrisons -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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
  • 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: Government: Judiciary: Adams Street Court