About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0468
  • TitleBones and sinews of new landmark
  • SummaryCaption: "Bones and sinews of new landmark--Workmen unloaded cement blocks for skeleton of giant [Board of Transportation] building [at Jay Street and Willoughby Street], while massive steel framework went up quickly."
  • Date1950
  • 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] 10, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation ; Building [lctgm] ; Concrete construction ; Construction workers
  • 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: Downtown Brooklyn: Board of Transportation Building