About This Item

  • Title[Lo]oking E. on Atlantic Av. from Alabama Av. : : center being used to park cars
  • Call NumberRUTT_0095
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryElevated railroad tracks along length of street; roadway beneath tracks unpaved, with several automobiles and dappled sunlight on ground; wooden buildings with storefronts and canopies on sidewalks at right and left; pedestrians, automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons at street level; graffiti on girder in left foreground.
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. Title and date (4/20/23) from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectRailroads, Elevated ; Graffiti
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.