About This Item

  • TitleErasmus Hall High School
  • Call NumberSCHL_0887
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0883, SCHL 1512, SCHL 0879, SCHL 0886, SCHL 0885, SCHL 1513, SCHL 0870, SCHL 0871, SCHL 0877, SCHL 1514), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eleven views, in different sizes, of Erasmus Hall High School, a very large, Gothic-style building located at 911 Flatbush Avenue. 0870 is a retouched architectural rendering. 0885 is a close-up view of the school's main entrance. 0887 shows many parked automobiles and traffic on Flatbush Avenue. 1513 shows a parked horse-drawn wagon in left foreground. Three images are undated.
  • Date1910-1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description11 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • Note1513: Negative # 2000-66. Title from inscription on verso of 0870.
  • SubjectErasmus Hall High School ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; High school buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.