About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0652
  • TitleSidewalk superintendents
  • SummaryCaption: "Sidewalk superintendents--Willoughby St., between Fulton St. and Flatbush Ave. Extension, paved in sections between 1922 and 1925, is now being readied for repaving as a unit. Persons with time on their hands watched with interest today as old car tracks are shown being removed at Lawrence St.;" two parking meters and sawhorse on sidewalk, power shovel on far left and several commercial/residential buildings in background. Sign on shop in background: "Haddon Hall Cigars;" sign on awning in background: "Restaurant-Bar."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 25, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPower shovels ; Roads -- Maintenance and repair ; Sawhorses ; Signs and signboards
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Lawrence Street