About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0469
  • TitleFor posterity
  • SummaryCaption: "For posterity--Mayor O'Dwyer, left, Borough President Cashmore, center, and William Reid, chairman of the Board of Transportation, place microfilm records pertaining to the new $10,000,000 Board of Transportation Building at Jay and Willoughby Sts. in a metallic chest which will eventually fill a crypt on the structure's terrace."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 26, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; New York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation ; Building [lctgm] ; Time capsules
  • 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: Board of Transportation Building