[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway with workers laying track] - Digital Collections

Call NumberSUB_0174
Title[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway with workers laying track]
SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing long trench with workers laying track on higher ground at right; other workers with horses and carts on lower ground at left; apartment buildings behinds screen of trees in right and left background; former reservoir tower on Mount Prospect Park in distant background.
Date1915
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 9-3-1915.
SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- New York (State) -- New York
CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Cite AsSubway Construction 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.
FolderSubway Construction Photographs; Box 2