About This Item


  • TitleBuildings on southeast cor. of Court & Joralemon Sts
  • Call NumberRUTT_0025
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour-story brick building with storefronts on ground level and small pediment on top; signs throughout, most prominently, "Washington Building," "Dr. Singer, Dentist," and "A. Schulte, Cigars"; pedestrians (some blurry) on sidewalk and crossing street; trolley tracks on road in foreground; streetcar and automobile at right; other buildings in background.
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note"Rutter" inscribed in white on bottom right of recto. Title and date (2/3/24) from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectStorefronts ; Cable cars (Streetcars)
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.