About This Item


  • TitleOld Debevoise house
  • Call NumberAUST_0386
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Debevoise house, a small wood-frame building with wood fence in front, located on Old Bushwick Road in Bushwick. Street name does not exist in Brooklyn at the time of cataloging, so the exact location is unknown.
  • Date1899
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCollection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklkyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Date inscribed on verso of copy 2: 1899. Title from typed label on verso of copy 3.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectFences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Houses -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.