About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1879
  • TitleEmmons Ave
  • SummaryCaption: "[Aerial view of] Emmons Ave. after its widening to 120 feet. The piers to the right will be razed soon and replaced with modern structures." Image also includes many parked automobiles.
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec. 29/35. Title from caption on verso.
  • SubjectHarbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Emmons Avenue