About This Item

  • TitleVan Brunt Roberts House, Eighteenth Avenue
  • Call NumberOGDE_0041
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryOne and a half-story, wooden-frame and brick house with dormer windows and painted sign on side wall reading, "West End Democratic Club"; four children sitting on bulkhead at left looking into camera; woman sweeping pathway set off with painted stones at right.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Inscribed on verso: "Ogden." On verso: date inscribed: July 20, 1914. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorOgden, George S.
  • SubjectDwellings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Historic buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Clubhouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)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.