About This Item


  • Title[Aerial view of Central Courts Building at 120 Schermerhorn Street, with construction workers on ground]
  • Call NumberGOVT_0045
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Renaissance-style court building in Brooklyn Heights, showing construction crew working on sidewalk in front of entrance; prominent sign on upper floor reads, "WILLIAM KENNEDY, CONSTRUCTION CO., BUILDERS."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 9 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Eagle inscription on recto. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 8/31. Retouched; torn at top.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [gmgpc]
  • 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.