About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0352
  • Title[Subway construction]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0351), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Two views of early subway construction. Inscriptions: 0351: "Starting to dig tunnel shaft on Joralemon [Street];" 0352: "Beginning the work on the tunnel at Battery Park;" Both images include spectators and buildings.
  • Date1902, 1908
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0351: date stamped: Jan. 7, 1908; Eagle stamp; 0352: date inscribed: Dec. 22, 1902. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)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: Subways: Tunnels: Persons