About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0782
  • TitleNew postal station
  • SummaryCaption: "New postal station--Architect's drawing of new Ryder Station which will open on or about Aug. 1 on Flatbush Ave. between E. 45th St. and E. 46th St. ... John J. Beatty of 32 Court St. is the contractor for the one-story brick structure and the architect is J. Sarsfield Kennedy of 307 Washington St."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteOn recto: "Karl Bloch, engineer" printed in lower left corner; "J. Sarsfield Kennedy, architect" printed in lower right corner. On verso: date stamped: May 7, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPost office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Post office: Proposals