About This Item


  • TitleSchenck House, north side, erected 1656
  • Call NumberOGDE_0007
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRear view of one and a half story, ivy-covered, wooden-frame house with dormer windows in state of disrepair, known as the Schenck Crooke House, at Crooke Road and East 63rd Street; weedy debris and fallen limbs on lot at left.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: July 1914. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceCanarsie (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.