About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0096
  • Title[4th Avenue subway construction]
  • SummaryAerial view of subway construction on 4th Avenue between 23rd Street and 24th Street. Image includes several residential buildings on far right and railroad freight car in center background.
  • Date1910
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewscyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate printed on recto: 8.23.1910. Stamped on verso: date: "Public Service Commission." Title from inscription on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectFreight cars -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.