About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0670
  • TitleMain St
  • SummarySection of Main Street, a cobblestone street, with residential buildings (some have fire escapes on front) and several parked automobiles on both sides, fire hydrant in right foreground, pedestrian (man), "Detour" sign, and portion of moving automobile in right foreground, moving truck in left background, and overpass in center background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec., 1949. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Elevated highways ; Streets ; Tenement houses
  • 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: Main Street