About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0175
  • Title[Subway construction with scaffolding under bridge]
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line at unknown location in Brooklyn showing temporary wooden bridge supported by scaffolding; workers standing above and below embankments looking into camera; several boys looking into camera from behind bridge railings; empty field and scattered houses in background.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 9-2-1915.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Embankments -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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 2