About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0139
  • Title[4th Avenue subway construction site
  • SummaryView of subway construction site on 4th Avenue between 24th Street and 25th Street. Image includes a large sign on wood-frame building in right background," Cowperthwiait Co.; Furniture, Carpets, Bedding, Curtains ..."
  • Date1911
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteDate printed on recto: 9.11.1911. Stamped on verso: "Public Service Commission." Title from inscription on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectSigns and signboards -- 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