About This Item

  • TitleOld Cortelyou mansion
  • Call NumberNEIG_0758
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFacade of Cortelyou house, a white, two-story, wood-frame house with three dormer windows and shutters, being moved (see above); large house on far right is presumably Cortelyou Club; street and portion of vacant lot in foreground.
  • Date1908
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec. 22-08. On verso: "Being moved to East 25th St. in rear of Cortelyou Club." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHistoric buildings ; Houses [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.