About This Item


  • TitleKouwenhoven House, Kouwenhoven Lane
  • Call NumberOGDE_0072
  • Cite AsGeorge S. Ogden photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo-story wooden-frame house, probably at 5154 Kings Highway; top floor obscured by shade trees in foreground; unpaved road and picket fence in foreground; utility pole at right.
  • 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: August 5, 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
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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.