About This Item


  • TitleBrooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies
  • Call NumberSCHL_0472
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 0473), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two architectural renderings of Brooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies which was built on Henry Street in 1822. It later became a hotel. In 1854 the school's name changed to Packer Collegiate Institute.
  • Date1829
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • Note0472: 8 x 7 in. On verso of 0473: date inscribed: 1829. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies ; Packer Collegiate Institute ; Private schools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.