About This Item


  • TitleColony Inn, Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Call NumberPOST_0147
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of wooden-frame house converted to inn, with awnings and signs ("Restaurant," "To Order At All Hours," "Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner") denoting function. Automobile with chauffeur parked on curb in foreground; screen of trees at right, and flowering bushes on lawn before house.
  • Date[192-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Retouched in color.
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Taverns (Inns) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.