About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0143
  • TitleTedious work
  • SummaryCaption: "Tedious work--The big job going on in the tunnel is lining it with miles of these little tiles. There will be about 8,100,000 separate pieces in all. Shown doing the work on one section are Tony Lyons, 703 2d Ave., Manhattan; Dominic Romeo, 54 1st Place, and Jacob Rado, 4810 28th Ave., Astoria."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 9, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTile laying -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationHugh L. Carey Tunnel (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: Tunnels: Brooklyn-Battery: Construction: Interior: Employees