About This Item

  • Title[Razing of the Folly]
  • Call NumberTHEA_0028
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of the Folly theater being razed at 15 Debevoise Street in Williamsburg; scaffolding on ground level; worker standing on girder over shell of theater; sign on corner over scaffolding reads, 'A MODERN 2 STORY Building WILL BE ERECTED ON THIS SITE FOR STORES OR OFFICE SPACE"; automobiles parked along curb; trolley wires overhead; billboard on side of building in right background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Dec 21, 1949.
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wrecking -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.