About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0813
  • TitleNew system
  • SummaryCaption: "New system--The Department of Sanitation is trying a new method of snow removal. Instead of piling the snow alongside the sidewalk, the strategy is to pile it in the center of the street. this scene is at Bedford and Flatbush Aves;" four apartment houses with fire escapes on front, three commercial businesses and other buildings on right, several parked and moving vehicles (mostly automobiles), two street lights, and several pedestrians.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 13, 1944. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Automobiles ; Snow ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Bedford Avenue