About This Item


  • Call NumberGOVT_0123
  • TitleShowing where former entrance was
  • SummaryPartial view of former Hall of Records, a neoclassical building (since destroyed) that appaently stood on Livingston Street and Court Square, showing remodeling of entrance; portion of wall destroyed, with scaffolding and construction debris in its place; large slab of marble or stone on sidewalk in foreground; pedestrians on street at left, with one man looking into camera.
  • Date1903
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: 1903.
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Hall of Records