About This Item

  • TitleLiberty Pole
  • Call NumberCHUR_0205
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFlag pole (closeup) with tree branches on both sides. Caption : "Brooklyn landmarks ... This striking photo shows the 100-foot Liberty Pole erected in front of the New Utrecht Dutch Reformed Church, 18th Ave. and 84th St., to mark the evacuation of the British fron New Utrecht on Nov. 25, 1783. Topped by an eagle, with an arrow bearing the word 'Liberty,' this pole is the sixth erected on the exact spot where the Stars and Stripes were flown in New Utrecht for the first time more than 160 years ago."
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: "Eagle" written in pencil. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew Utrecht Reformed Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Flagpoles [lctgm] ; Reformed church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)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.