About This Item


  • Title[Wooden-frame house in Gravesend]
  • Call NumberAUST_0301
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryUnpainted,abandoned wooden-frame house in field near Avenue U in Gravesend; outhouse at left; open wooden fence and unpaved road in foreground.
  • Date[1899]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Abandoned houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (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.