About This Item

  • Title[Brooklyn Theatre fire]
  • Call NumberTHEA_0010
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWatercolor of the fire, on December 5, 1876, that destroyed the Brooklyn Theatre located near the southeast corner of Washington Street and Johnson Street. Image includes many spectators standing in the foreground. The fire is known to have claimed at least 278 lives. The image is not dated.
  • Date[1876?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printswatercolors (paintings)
  • NoteInscribed on verso: "Brooklyn Eagle." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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.