About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0076
  • TitleSidewalk conditions on east side of Pearl Street looking north from roadway of Willoughby St
  • SummaryView from street corner in Brooklyn Heights showing street receeding to left; sign on wooden building in foreground reads, "J.W.&W.H. REID SUCCESSORS TO JOS. HEGEMAN & CO. AUCTIONEERS SALES EVERY FRIDAY"; four trash cans filled to capacity in foreground; fire hydrant, cart on curb, barber's pole, and sign for printing establishment along street at left; cobblestone paving and drainage grate in foreground.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 3-23-1915.
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sidewalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- 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