About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0124
  • TitleStatue of Henry Ward Beecher seen against elevated subway line
  • SummaryStatue of Henry Ward Beecher by John Quincy Adams Ward on plaza before Brooklyn Borough Hall (not seen); two men on benches reading newspapers, and boy looking into camera in foreground; elevated subway line, surging crowds, and high rise buildings on street (possibly Court Street) in background. Caption on verso: "Adorned in its new Spring finery, the statue of Henry Ward Beecher, located in Borough Hall Park, once more saw the light of day today. Workmen have just finished washing and scrubbing the statue."
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: May 3/35; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 -- Statues ; Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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
  • 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: Memorials: Henry Ward Beecher