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  • Title[Cleveland Rodgers opening new Shorefront and Cross Bay Parkway improvement project]
  • Call NumberBRID_0181
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "City Planning Commissioner Cleveland Rodgers is shown just after he cut the tape which formally opened the new $10,000,000 Shore Front [Parkway] and Cross Bay Parkway improvement project in the Rockaways. Left to right--Harry Taylor, director of the Parkway Authority; Park Commissioner Moses; Col. Charles L. Hall, army engineer; Mr. Rodgers and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith." Cross Bay Parkway leads to Cross Bay Bridge.
  • Date1939
  • 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 inscribed: June 4/39. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Rodgers, Cleveland, b. 1885 ; Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 ; Rites and ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceQueens (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.