About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0224
  • Title[Cannon at Pratt Institute]
  • SummaryMounted cannon at Pratt Institute, with campus building, leafy trees, and adjacent steet in background. Label on verso: "The trophy which gives Pratt varsity teams their nickname, 'Cannoneers,' the bronze Spanish cannon, cast in Seville in 1720 and inscribed to Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese, came from Morro Castle at the time of the Spanish American War and was mounted at the Institute in 1900."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's stamp from label on verso. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorPratt Institute [photographer]
  • SubjectPratt Institute ; Cannons [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Schools: Adult: Pratt Institute: Buildings: General