About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0164
  • Title[Subway construction on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Museum]
  • SummaryView of construction site for subway line (the 2 and the 3 line) showing the Brooklyn Museum in left background; rubble-strewn construction site in foreground marked off by two wooden barriers reading "STREET CLOSED"; former reservoir tower on Mount Prospect Park in background.
  • Date1920
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 7-20-20.
  • SubjectBrooklyn Museum ; Subways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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 2