About This Item

  • TitleMain entrance, Greenwood Cemetery
  • Call NumberTHOM_0009
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFort Hamilton Parkway Gate and Gatehouse entrance to Greenwood Cemetery at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 37th Street, designed by Richard M. Upjohn in 1875, with one pedestrian and horse-drawn vehicle in foreground.
  • Date1894
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date typed on label: 1894. Title from typed caption on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectCemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gatehouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBorough Park (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.