About This Item


  • Title[Former Family Court building]
  • Call NumberGOVT_0098
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of court building (no longer extant) that stood at 327 Schermerhorn Street; four Doric columns upholding portico; woman standing between two columns at right; working man in window at far right; iron fence at left and right of portico; images identical except for tonality and retouching.
  • Date1921
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 0098: date inscribed: Apr. 17/21. 0098 retouched.
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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.