About This Item

  • TitleGeorge Washington monument
  • Call NumberBRID_0362
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of laborer working with hammer and chisel on concrete wall in Williamsburg's Washington Plaza and of equestrial statue, George Washington at Valley Forge, beyond. Statue was created in 1906 by Henry M. Shrady. The plaza is located at the Brooklyn approach to the Williamsburg Bridge.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectWashington, George, 1732-1799 ; Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.