About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0060
  • TitleView of street at 47 Joralemon St
  • SummaryView from bottom of cobblestone street in Brooklyn Heights looking diagonally up at eight brick row houses; piles of dirt, stones, and digging equipment on curb and roadway in middle ground; two or three workers (one holding shovel and looking into camera) on sidewalk behind fire hydrant; blurred image of child walking down street at top of sidewalk. Typed caption on verso: "View of street at 47 Joramelon St., camera set up north side of south sidewalk at station 93 plus 14."
  • Date1904
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 8-10-1904. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brick houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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 1