Title: | Dome lifting |
Description: | Aerial view from left of scaffolding covering dome of neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); partial view of facade, showing rusticated base and second floor porch with Corinthian columns upholding pediment. Caption: "Dome Lifting: As soon as fabrication of metal plates, etc., has been completed, workmen will swarm over this scaffolding to strengthen and beautify the dome of the antiquated Supreme Court Building . . . " |
Date: | 1941 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 14, 1941; "Eagle Staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Government [4]
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Subject: |
Scaffolding [5] Courthouses [6] Domes [7] Lost architecture [8] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Aerial views. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
ID: | GOVT 0188 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/0c009d8ca813112c8402b2288680f24e&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Downtown+Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Government
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Scaffolding
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Courthouses
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/d/Domes
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/l/Lost architecture