About This Item


  • TitleUniversity Hall
  • Call NumberSCHL_0249
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of proposed Long Island University's University Hall, a large seven-story building with clock tower; two automobiles and several pedestrians in foreground. Although inscription indicates that proposed location was intersection of Adams and Tillary Streets, inscription on a slightly later image indicates location as 300 Pearl Street. Campus later relocated to Flatbush Avenue Extension.
  • Date1928
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March 25/28. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectLong Island University
  • 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.