[Courthouse under scaffolding]

[Courthouse under scaffolding]
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Title: [Courthouse under scaffolding]
Description:

View of building (no longer extant) with classical portico and peaked roofs under heavy scaffolding; large elevated sign behind building reads (backwards) "FOX." Caption on verso: "The dingy old Family Court at 327 Schermerhorn St. is hiding behind an intricate screen of scaffolding these days, while workmen are engaged in brightening it up and repairing the worn places."

Date: 1935
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 19/35; "Wide World Photos."
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Government
Subject: Municipal buildings
Courthouses
Scaffolding
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 0101