About This Item

  • TitleBorough Hall Christmas tree
  • Call NumberNEIG_2200
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2196, NEIG 2197, NEIG 2198, NEIG 2199), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five night views of the lighting of the Christmas tree at Borough Hall. All images include spectators. 2196 includes a boys' choir standing in foreground. 2198 and 2199 include a portion of Borough Hall. 2200 includes portions of two Court Street office buildings in background.
  • Date1940, 1941, 1945, 1952, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • Note2200: 8 x 10 in. Brooklyn Eagle caption on verso of all except 2197. Date stamped on verso: 2196: Dec. 17, 1954; 2198: Dec. 20, 1941; 2199: Dec. 17, 1952; 2200: Dec. 21, 1940. Date inscribed on verso: 2197: 1945. Stamped on verso of 2196: "Please credit Jay Sharp." Title from caption on verso of 2196.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Choirs (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Christmas trees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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.