About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1168
  • TitleFort Hamilton Parkway once looked like this
  • SummaryCaption: "Fort Hamilton Parkway once looked like this--In the days when Fort Hamilton Parkway was known as Fort Hamilton Ave. the thoroughfare at about 70th St. was lined with large and graceful trees and was lighted by gas, as may be seen by the street gas light at the right. Notice, too, that the thoroughfare was unpaved and had no curbs."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 4, 1940. On verso: "Home Talk." Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectStreets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bay Ridge: Neighborhoods: Miscellaneous