About This Item

  • TitleTown Hall, Flatbush
  • Call NumberBRAI_0032
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo-story brick building with stone base, three-story corner tower, steeply pitched roof, and stone balustrade leading to main entrance; two men, one wearing tophat and formal clothes, sitting on wooden fence in foreground and looking into camera; bare trees, wooden fence, and portions of houses in background; unpaved road in foreground.
  • Date[ca. 1880]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on cardboard backing beneath image; date from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectCity halls ; Municipal buildings ; Historic buildings
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.