About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1106
  • TitleView of Shore Drive Extension, Brooklyn
  • SummaryRendering. Curving roadway, landscaped meridian, and pedestrian walkway along retaining wall at edge of harbor; automobiles, pedestrians, and sailboat in foreground and background; cityscape across harbor in background.Caption on verso: "Bids have been opened for the construction of Shore Drive, an extension of Shore Road along the shore line from Fort Hamilton to Dyker Beach. One mile of roadway is to be built and will appear as pictured."
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec. 21/34. Title from caption on recto.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectParkways ; Harbors ; Automobiles ; Sailboats
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Fort Hamilton: General