About This Item


  • TitleBorough Hall scaffolding
  • Call NumberNEIG_2220
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2216, NEIG 2219), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of scaffolding on portions of Borough Hall. 2216 and 2220 include traffic, 2216 and 2219 include portions of commercial and high-rise office buildings, and 2219 includes many pedestrians and high-rise office building in background. In 2220 scaffolding is on clock tower.
  • Date1941-1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note2216: 8 x 10 in.; "Photo by Brown Brothers." Title from caption on verso of 2216.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) -- Maintenance and repair ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clock towers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.