About This Item

  • TitleFlood in Flatbush
  • Call NumberNEIG_2432
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAutomobile raising spray of water on flooded street; laundry, cafe, and storefronts in background; parked automobile in right background. Inscription: "Flood in Flatbush -- Automobile at left has trouble navigating at Cortelyou and Stratford Roads."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: April 1, 1948. Title from inscription on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFloods ; Automobiles ; Storefronts
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Kensington (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.