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283 Adams Street
Domestic Relations Court, Bklyn Image represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0099\_2, GOVT 0099), some of which may also be described in this new record; Women in crowded office, perhaps family court building in downtown Brooklyn; some women working at desks, perhaps filling out applications, others behind partition at left; several men standing in background.
293 Adams Street
\[East side of Adams Street] East side of Adams Street, south of Johnson Street. Shows 291 - 309 Adams Street.
283 Adams Street
Every little bit helps Groundbreaking ceremony for courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school). Caption: "Every Little Bit Helps: Work on the new Domestic Relations Court building was initiated yesterday afternoon, despite the inclement weather, by municipal and civic leaders at Johnson and Adams Sts. Left to right, with shovels, are John Warren Hill, presiding justice of Domestic Relations Court; Borough President John Cashmore; Edwin B. Wilson, executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle; George C. Wildermuth, vice president of the Brooklyn Bar Association, and Commissioner Frederick H. Zurmuhlen of the Department of Public Works."
283 Adams Street
First through the doors Group of smiling and laughing dignitaries standing at entrance to courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school). Caption: "First through the doors: John Warren Hill, Presiding Justice of the Domestic Relations Court, left, points the way for the initial group to tour the new Domestic Relations Court, nearing completion at Adams and Johnson Adams Sts. In the party are Mrs. Harvey O. Dobson, the Rev. John Emerson Zeiter of the Hanson Place Central Methodist Church, Clarence Leeds, Chief Probation Officer of the Court; the Rev. Martin Paul Luther of the New Utrecht Refomed Church, Mrs. Zeiter, president of the N. Y. State Council of Church Women and Dr. Viginia H. Johnson, Protestant Consultant of Brooklyn Children's Court . . . ".
283 Adams Street
Courtroom scene Image represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0100), some of which may also be described in this new record; Overhead view of woman at desk in crowded, nondescript office looking up at six or seven people (backs to camera) standing before her; stenographer and four other men at right. Caption on verso: "Courtroom Scene: Justice Justine Wise Polier presiding over a case in a multi-purpose courtroom of the Family Division of the Brooklyn Domestic Relations Court." Courthouse stood at 283 Adams Street; subsequently rebuilt as a public high school.
283 Adams Street
Courtroom scene Image represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0100), some of which may also be described in this new record; Overhead view of woman at desk in crowded, nondescript office looking up at six or seven people (backs to camera) standing before her; stenographer and four other men at right. Caption on verso: "Courtroom Scene: Justice Justine Wise Polier presiding over a case in a multi-purpose courtroom of the Family Division of the Brooklyn Domestic Relations Court." Courthouse stood at 283 Adams Street; subsequently rebuilt as a public high school.
283 Adams Street
\[Family Court under construction] Aerial view of Family or Domestic Court building at 283 Adams Street under construction (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school); scaffold tower at right; construction sheds in foreground.
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