About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0551
  • TitleDowntown Brooklyn
  • SummaryAerial photograph of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with plaza area and elevated subway tracks in center/left and many commercial, office (several high-rise), and residential buildings.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1937; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorFairchild Aerial Surveys, inc.
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Buildings [lctgm] ; Commercial buildings ; Office buildings ; Plazas ; Railroads tracks [lctgm] ; Railroads, Elevated
  • 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: Cadman Plaza 1900-1950 (2)