About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0038
  • Title[Joralemon Street with derrick on construction site]
  • SummaryLengthwise view of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; large wooden derrick built over excavation at left; worker to the right of derrick (back to camera) walking down street; four-wheel carriage (horse not visible) to the right of worker; loose stones, planks, puddle, and construction debric in left foreground; brownstones at right, brick row houses at left. Typed caption on verso: "General view of S.E. shaft[.] Camera near S.W. corner of Henry and Joralemon Sts., looking West."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 5.22.1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cranes, derricks, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSubway Construction Photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderSubway Construction Photographs; Box 1