About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1339
  • Title[Subway construction at Grand Army Plaza]
  • SummarySubway construction at Grand Army Plaza; workers with tools and draft horses in excavation at left; supervisors at right on ground level; two-story scaffolding for crane at far right; Memorial Arch, ornamental columns and entrance to Prospect Park in background beyond construction fence.
  • Date1914
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 17, 1914; Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectConstruction [lctgm] ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Subways ; Triumphal arches
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Grand Army Plaza: Old