About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0332
  • TitleThe old and the new
  • SummaryCaption: "The old and the new--No more squinting to read in the subway stations, at least not in the four new ones on the Fulton St. Independent line being opened today at Liberty, Shepherd, Van Siclen, and Euclid Aves. Left photo shows spotty bare-bulb light in older station. At right is soft, even lighting of fluorescent lamps in new stations. ..."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 28, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSubway stations -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Subways: Stations: Modern