About This Item

  • Call NumberSUB_0186
  • Title[Subway construction at unknown location in Brooklyn]
  • SummaryView of excavation for subway tunnel at unknown location in Brooklyn showing wooden scaffolding within trench and large pipe running over scaffolding; two workers (backs to camera) looking down into excavation in right foreground; billboards ("PAULIST CHORISTERS" and "SUBMARINE F7") on empty field in right background; church buildings behind billboards; hillock with bare trees and pines in center background.
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On recto: date inscribed: 1-4-19.
  • SubjectSubways -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scaffolding -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionSubway Construction Photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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