About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1381
  • TitleThree centuries later
  • SummaryCloseup: portion of two-story wood-frame house with two dormer windows and colonnade entrance, and tree in left foreground. Caption: "Three centuries later--One of Brooklyn's most historic structures, the Lady Moody House, located at 27 Gravesend Neck Road has been selected by the Municipal Art Society as worthy of preservation. It was built in 1643 for Lady Deborah Moody, leader of the English colonists who settled in Gravesend."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMoody, Deborah, Lady, 1600-1659 ; Historic buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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: Gravesend: Homes: Moody, Lady