About This Item

  • TitleQuiet nook
  • Call NumberSCHL_0443
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo small, two-story stucco buildings attached by a one-story passageway, portions of church and one other building on far right, and street light witn street signs and section of intersecting streets in foreground. Caption: "Quiet nook--The picturesque building, Fontbonne Hall, nestling tranquilly on the corner of Shore Road and 99th St., is another landmark in Bay Ridge which, incidentally, boasts the largest Norwegian population in the country."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Feb. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFontbonne Hall ; Street lights -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.