About This Item


  • TitleBorough Hall Christmas tree
  • Call NumberNEIG_2204
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2208, NEIG 2203, NEIG 2205, NEIG 2207), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in two different sizes, of a large Christmas tree being put up in front of Borough Hall. 0023 and 0024 show a portion of Borough Hall. The other images show Court Street office buildings.
  • Date1936, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note2207: 8 x 10 in. Brooklyn Eagle captions on verso of 2204, 2205, 2207, 2208; on caption: "Eagle staff photo.". Date inscribed on verso: 2203: Dec. 9/36; 2204: Dec. 3/39; dates stamped on verso: 2205: Dec. 8, 1946; 2207: Dec. 10, 1940; 2208: Dec. 11, 1949 . Title from inscription on verso of 2203.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Christmas trees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)Downtown 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.