About This Item


  • TitleVan Pelt house
  • Call NumberAUST_0279
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo-story wooden-frame house with portico (known as Jacob L. Van Pelt house) at 86th Street near Bay 23rd Street in Bensonhurst; picket fence, bushes, and trees in foreground.
  • Date1906
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from Austin Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.