About This Item


  • Call NumberSUB_0030
  • TitleCondition of street at corner of Hicks and Joralemon Sts
  • SummaryLengthwise view from right of residential street in Brooklyn Heights in process of road reconstruction; piles of rock and debris on corners at right and left; street mostly empty except for male pedestrian on corner in right foreground and parent or guardian pushing baby carriage behind him; ivy-covered building (perhaps church) and utility poles along street at left. Typed caption on verso: "Condition of street at corner of Hicks and Joralemon Sts. Camera on sidewalk at southeast corner, looking north."
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrecyanotypes (photographic prints)photographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On recto: date inscribed: 15-7-1905. Stamped on verso: "Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners."
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- Maintenance and repair -- New York (State) -- New York ; Row houses -- 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