About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0050
  • TitleDirtiest town?
  • SummaryCaption: "Dirtiest town?--Curb at Fulton St. and Nostrand Ave. at 8:30 a.m. when empty trash cans [and litter on street and sidewalk] reveal sanitation truck has just passed." Image also includes several pedestrians, ice cream truck, and several street level shops.
  • Date1958
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 1, 1958; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRefuse and refuse disposal -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trucks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bedford Stuyvesant: Nostrand Avenue