About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0646
  • Title[Board of Transportation Building]
  • SummaryBoard of Transportation Building under construction on Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn with several parked automobiles and trucks in foreground as well as several in background, several commercial buildings in background, and portions of several cranes at top.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1949. On verso: "Bd. of Transportation Bldg." Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Building [lctgm] ; Streets ; Trucks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Board of Transportation Building