About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0040
  • TitleLooking E. showing fence Joral. St. W. of Municipal Bldg
  • SummaryPartial view of former Municipal Building (since destroyed) in Brooklyn Heights; woman with flowered hat in left foreground walking toward camera; man and woman behind her (backs to camera) walking in opposite direction; three men in background standing under porticoed entrance of Municipal Building; wrought iron fence and elaborately carved lamppost in foreground. Photographic plate damaged, with two cracks running from left edge to top and bottom.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 5.12.1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lampposts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hats -- 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