About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0032
  • Title[View of Joralemon Street near Hicks Street]
  • SummaryLengthwise view of brownstone street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road and sidewalk reconstruction; horseless carriage on curb at right; street mostly empty except for two women (blurred, with backs to camera) walking on sidewalk at right; other pedestrians and carriages in distant background. Typed caption on verso: "Site of east shafts after replacing curb over northeast shaft."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date typed: July 6, 05. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Brownstone buildings -- 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