About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0072
  • TitleNorth sidewalk 85 to 93 Joralemon street in process of reconstruction
  • SummaryLengthwise view from right of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidwalk reconstruction; uniform row of brownstones with stoops at right; two blurred figures at top of nearest stoop at far right; workhourse with empty cart at curb in foreground; other carriages in background.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 10-13-1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carriages and carts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn 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 1