About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0656
  • Title212-220 Livingston St
  • SummaryAerial view of facade of ten-story, brick commercial building at 212-220 Livingston Street, intersection of Hoyt Street with street light and street signs, mailbox, traffic light, fire hydrant, three parked automobiles, and three moving automobiles in foreground, two attached buildings on far left (one has large sign: "M. J. Schmidt Carpets, Rugs"), and high-rise building in far left background.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "212-220 Livingston St., Brooklyn, S.E. cor. Hoyt St.; Jan. 15, 1946" printed in white ink in lower left corner; "Wurts Bros., N.Y." printed in white ink in lower right corner. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 15, 1946; photographer's stamp. On verso: "201-9 Schermerhorn St., 35 Hoyt S.E. cor. St." On verso: "formerly Ludwig Baumann store."
  • CreatorWurts Brothers
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Commercial buildings ; Streets
  • 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: Livingston Street