About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0669
  • TitleThis is Main Street
  • SummaryCaption: "This is Main Street--At least this is Brooklyn's Main St. today, not as the founders of Olympia expected it would turn out;" cobblestone street with residential buildings (some have fire escapes on front) and several parked automobiles on both sides, one pedestrian (man) on each side, fire hydrant on sidewalk in left foreground, "Detour" sign in right foreground, and overpass in center background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 11, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Elevated highways ; Streets ; Tenement houses
  • 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: Main Street