About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0297
  • TitleFreedom Square
  • SummaryFreedom Square, a triangular area enclosed in iron fence with grass, cannon and street light at intersections of Myrtle Avenue, Broadway, and Vernon Avenue with several park benches outside fence, fire hydrant in right foreground. Several parked and moving automobiles, several pedestrians, several commercial buildings in background, and elevated subway station in far left.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 11, 1940. On verso: "Freedom Square of Myrtle, B'way & Vernon Ave.; Bushwick landmark; Elevated Myrtle Avenue El." Small rectangular piece missing in lower right corner. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Benches ; Railroads, Elevated ; Subway stations
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Bushwick: Freedom Square