About This Item

  • Title[Residential buildings with superimposition in foreground
  • Call NumberCHUR_1091
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryPartial facades of several wood-frame houses with shuttered windows; laundry hanging on clotheslines on far left; superimposed drawing of wall, iron fence and three children standing on sidewalk in foreground. Note: The Central United Presbyterian Church, located on Linden Street between Bushwick Avenue and Central Avenue, was demolished after the building was sold. The congregation dispersed and the pastor left for another position.
  • Date1916
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 4 x 10 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteCropped: half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 9, 1916; Eagle stamp. On verso: "Central United Presbyterian Church which was started then razed to make way for apartments." Retouched. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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.