About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0205
  • TitleOrphans of the storm
  • SummaryOverhead view of long line of pedestrians waiting outside of large, Romanesque traffic court at 1005 Bedford Avenue (apparently closed in 1962 and then demolished); policeman overseeing crowd from top step of entrance arch; subway entrance on street corner in right foreground; police car and taxi cab on slushy road before traffic court; snow piled on sidewalks. Caption: "Orphans of the Storm: These are some of the thousands of [illegible] their cars were tagged during the big snow. [Illegible] motorists who had to appear at Brooklyn Traffic court today . . . ".
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 2, 1948; "Eagle photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTraffic courts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (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: Government: Judiciary: Traffic Court