About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0001
  • Title[West side of Court Street]
  • SummaryIntersection in Brooklyn Heights showing man in straw hat in central foregound walking away from camera; man and woman crossing street with small girl at left; cluster of pedestrians at far left; rider with horse and carriage coming towards camera in left background; workers next to wooden barricade and pile of dirt before large office building with two-story columns at right; trolley tracks in center and curving to left and right. Typed caption on verso: "Camera at about sta. 114 plus 00, south side, looking west, showing subsurface work of N.Y.M.&N.T. Co., west side of Court St."
  • Date1907
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 8-20-1907. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Office buildings -- 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