About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0211
  • TitleBrave display
  • SummaryIntersection with commercial/residential buildings, four street lights, several American flags (on sidewalk poles and flying from buildings), man on bicycle, and several pedestrians. Caption: "Brave display--Pierrepont St., looking west from Fulton St., presents a warming spectacle these days. One would hardly believe Court St., scantily decorated, was only a block away." (This section of Fulton Street was later renamed Cadman Plaza East, an extension of Court Street.).
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Flags ; Pedestrians ; Street lighting [lctgm]
  • 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: Pierrepont Street