About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0556
  • TitleCadman Plaza
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0540), some of which may also be described in this new record; Section of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with man reading newspaper sitting on park bench in left foreground, street cleaner with broom and bucket in center/right foreground, and several other pedestrians sitting and standing, several trees, elevated subway structure, and high-rise commercial building in background.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date stamped: May 16, 1940. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectPedestrians ; Plazas ; Street cleaners
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Cadman Plaza 1900-1950 (1)