About This Item

  • Title[Three people in lounge of Loew's Metropolitan Theater]
  • Call NumberTHEA_0057
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryOne woman seated on sofa in foreground and couple conversing in background in recently redecorated lounge of former Loew's Metropolitan Theater (now the Brooklyn Tabernacle) at 17 Smith Street. Caption on verso: "FOCAL POINT of the lounge is this massive period table decorated with exotic jade pottery and classic vase for fresh cut flowers. Modified Lawson style davenports flank the table while large hand-painted ash urns of Greek influence are visible at the ends."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Sep. 20, 1948; photographer's stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Motion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lounges -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.