About This Item

  • TitleIn days gone by
  • Call NumberBPL_1184
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "In days gone by--Mary Harte, a library page, demonstrates [in a close-up view in front of bookshelves] how a Dutch mistress looked in her housecap in Sheepshead Bay 150 or more years ago. In one hand she holds an old Dutch farm lantern and in the other a candle. On the shelf are a candle mold and brass flatiron. Metal objects are loaned by the Brooklyn Museum for the 'As Time Goes By' exhibit at the Sheepshead Bay Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library [located at 2636 East 14th Street]."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library. Sheepshead Bay Branch ; Candles ; Costume -- Netherlands ; Irons (Pressing) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lanterns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Library exhibits -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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.