About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Borough Hall murals
  • Call NumberRUTT_0011
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (RUTT 0016, RUTT 0001, RUTT 0002, RUTT 0003, RUTT 0004, RUTT 0005, RUTT 0006, RUTT 0007, RUTT 0008, RUTT 0009, RUTT 0015, RUTT 0014, RUTT 0013, RUTT 0012, RUTT 0010), some of which may also be described in this new record; Sixteen images of murals in Brooklyn Borough Hall, probably sponsored by Works Progress Administration; murals depict scenes from American history including Colonial life, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, and transportation by airplane and subway.
  • Date[193-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description16 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Two of set are 8 x 10 in. Title from inscriptions on verso and recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.