About This Item

  • TitleBorough Hall murals
  • Call NumberNEIG_2246
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2244, NEIG 2245, NEIG 2247, NEIG 2241, NEIG 2242, NEIG 2243), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views of murals in Borough Hall rotunda depicting the history of Brooklyn from 1609 to 1898 and executed by Alois Fabry, Jr. The project, which took two years to complete, was a Federal Arts Project of the WPA, and covers 900 square feet.
  • Date1938-1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note2241, 2244, 2245, 2246: 10 x 8 in. Title from caption on verso of 2247.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.