About This Item

  • Title[Central Courts Building at 120 Schermerhorn Street in early stage of construction]
  • Call NumberGOVT_0039
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of Renaissance-style court building in Brooklyn Heights; most of building showing structural armature except for limestone facing on lower floors; scaffolding at ground floor; construction workers on open fifth floor; automobiles, construction shed, and bystanders in foreground.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 4/31. Retouched.
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.