About This Item


  • TitleRailroad station, car stables, Flatbush
  • Call NumberBRAI_0012
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryLong, rectangular, two-story wooden building with stable-like opening at left; bare tree, wooden fence, three poles or stanchions, and dirt lot in foreground; blurry image of woman standing before stable at far left.
  • Date1877
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso; date from negative. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectStables ; Railroad stations ; Historic buildings
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • 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.