About This Item

  • TitleBergen house
  • Call NumberAUST_0289
  • Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (AUST 0291, AUST 0290, AUST 0293, AUST 0292, AUST 0288), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six views of abandoned, decaying shingle-style house near Avenue R and East 35th Street in Flatlands; 0288 shows back of house with brick fireplace at right; 0289 shows back of house with man looking out from ruined interior; 0290 shows front of house with brick fireplace at left; 0291 shows front of house in darker light, taken at different date; 0292 shows solarized image of front of house; 0293 shows front of house with unpaved road boardered with trees at right.
  • Date1904
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date (11/1904) from Austin Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorAustin, Daniel Berry
  • SubjectWooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Abandoned houses -- 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.