[Worker painting courthouse dome]
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| Title: | [Worker painting courthouse dome] |
| Description: | Worker in harness painting dome of neo-classical Kings County Courthouse on Joralemon and Fulton Streets (subsequently demolished); three other workers with paint brushes standing on rooftop in left foreground; tops of skyscrapers on Court Street, including cupola of Borough Hall, in background. Caption: "WPA workmen have turned Supreme Courthouse dome into shining white beacon for the Borough Hall section. This was first painting job on dome in seven years." |
| Date: | 1935 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 23/35. Grease pencil cropping marks; circle drawn over worker on dome. |
| Collection: | Government
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| Subject: |
United States. Work Projects Administration. Painters, Industrial Courthouses Domes Lost architecture |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| 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 0185 |
