About This Item

  • TitleBird's eye view from 85 Leonard St
  • Call NumberRUTT_0140
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of residential section of Williamsburg taken from roof of 85 Leonard Street with four lines of laundry hanging in left foreground.
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: date, 9/4/19, and "Rutter" printed in white ink on bottom. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectApartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roofs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • 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.