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Ritter Painless Dental Company
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Schermerhorn Street, north side, between Third and Flatbush Avenues, 1920. Who knew that dentistry could be such a cut throat business! Here at the corner of Schermerhorn Street, Third Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue, the Ritter Painless Dental Company doled out "painless" teeth extraction. In the same era, another "painless" dentist, a Dr. Parker, located around the corner at 124 Flatbush Avenue, offered similar services. The Ritter building included attention-grabbing, bold signage, akin more to an amusement venue than a doctor's office. Brooklyn historian Suzanne Spellen has suggested that the Painless Parker signage, while oversized, was more tasteful and sedate, in response to the gaudy display of his competitor.
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Ritter Painless Dental Company
Brooklyn: Catskill Water shaft, on site of Ritter's Dental Establishment, at the junction of Flatbush Avenue, 3rd Avenue, and Schermerhorn Street, 1917. Site later known as Temple Square.
Ritter Painless Dental Company
Domestic Relations Court
\[Former Family Court building] View of court building (no longer extant) that stood at 327 Schermerhorn Street; four Doric columns upholding portico; woman standing between two columns at right; working man in window at far right; iron fence at left and right of portico; images identical except for tonality and retouching.
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street south of Nevins Street, 1922. Talmadge had a lay college in the basement.
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street south of Nevins Street, 1922. Talmadge had a lay college in the basement.
333 Schermerhorn Street
Schermerhorn Street. Brooklyn Storage warehouse, detail entrance.
Domestic Relations Court
Inside main hall of Family Court showing crack filled in with mortar Two women in cloche hats standing before cashier's office in courthouse at unknown location in Brooklyn; "smoking prohibited" sign posted on office window; large crack on wall overhead.
333 Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Warehouse and Storage Company / Schermerhorn Bank, undated.
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Nevins Street (1) 325-327 Schermerhorn Street, north side, just east of Nevins Street, showing Family Court Branch of the Domestic Relations Ceurts, at No. 327. February 26, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle, one year later, 4howing exoavation for the Eighth Av., Subway of N.Y.C. Independent Lines. April 13, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, three years later, with the excavation filled in. June 6, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
333 Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Warehouse and Storage Company / Schermerhorn Bank, undated.
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Nevins Street Schermerhorn Street, north side, east of Nevins Street, showing the Family Court. 1922 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection (2) The saae, seen from the opposite side. May 25, 1929 P. L. Sperr
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Nevins Street (1) 325-327 Schermerhorn Street, north side, just east of Nevins Street, showing Family Court Branch of the Domestic Relations Ceurts, at No. 327. February 26, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle, one year later, 4howing exoavation for the Eighth Av., Subway of N.Y.C. Independent Lines. April 13, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, three years later, with the excavation filled in. June 6, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Nevins Street Schermerhorn Street, north side, east of Nevins Street, showing the Family Court. 1922 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection (2) The saae, seen from the opposite side. May 25, 1929 P. L. Sperr
Domestic Relations Court
Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Nevins Street (1) 325-327 Schermerhorn Street, north side, just east of Nevins Street, showing Family Court Branch of the Domestic Relations Ceurts, at No. 327. February 26, 1930. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle, one year later, 4howing exoavation for the Eighth Av., Subway of N.Y.C. Independent Lines. April 13, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, three years later, with the excavation filled in. June 6, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
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