About This Item

  • Call NumberRUTT_0118
  • Title52nd St. & New Utrecht Av
  • SummaryIntersection of two streets; trolley tracks and horse dung in foreground; underside of elevated subway line overhead; row of three-story apartment houses at left, with sidewalk, bare trees, and horse and buggy at curb; large theater at right with sign above entrance reading reading, "Mabel Normand, Mickey" and "Enrico Caru[so], My Cousi[n]"; man standing before theater entrance; portion of marquee and publicity posters along wall at right.
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title and date (2/12/19) from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectStreet-railroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters ; Horse-drawn vehicles ; Railroads, Elevated
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, 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.
  • FolderEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection