About This Item


  • TitleBorough Hall, Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Call NumberPOST_0625
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Brooklyn Borough Hall and adjacent plaza with statue of Henry Ward Beecher; row of horses and carriages at curb in foreground; elevated rail tracks at left; domed courthouse (since demolished) behind Borough Hall at left; trolley tracks on Court Street at right; pedestrians throughout.
  • Date[1900?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Retouched in color. Correspondence on verso.
  • PublisherMetropolitan Importing Co., New York City
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Municipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.